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Synonyms for works

Grammar : Noun
Spell : wurk
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk


Définition of works

Origin :
  • Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
  • Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
  • In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.
  • noun everything
Example sentences :
  • The best of his works is the Olympian Zeus, made at Elis after his exile.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Had you rather witness the sports of the gymnasia than the works of artists?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The works of Dædalus are described by Pausanias as rude and uncomely in aspect.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • There are ways in which it works, and ways in which it does not.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I doubt if even the poet ever works just what he means on the mind of his fellow.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • It is present in all his works, in stray letters and detached passages.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Protect our authors by prohibiting the sale of works written by foreigners.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
  • The proofs are to be found in these works themselves, plain for all men to read.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • All these characteristics are lacking in the works after "Timon."
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • In all I may say about him I shall keep close to the facts as given in his works.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

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