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Antonyms for work upon

Grammar : Verb
Spell : wurk
Phonetic Transcription : wÉœrk

Definition of work upon

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.
  • As in influence : verb lead to believe, do
Example sentences :
  • We will work upon the supposition that everything that is here belonged to Father.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The rest of the army then fell to work upon a great image of a horse.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • He had his materials to work upon, and may have done the best that any one could with them.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • There is not a blacksmith but is at his forge from morn to night at work upon pike-heads.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He is at work upon an 'Ars Poetica,' after the manner of Horace.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • He tried, too the effect of work upon the nervous depression from which he suffered.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • You cannot be very sick, then; you must not try to work upon our feelings.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Work upon the aviation camp at East Harniss had actually begun.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Unfortunately he based his work upon that of Schuch and Wuestemann and Lister.
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
  • Does it appear that the author had sufficient data to work upon?
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois

Synonyms for work upon

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