work
part of speech
verb (work, works, worked, working); noun (work; works)
meaning for a pupil
1) To work means to do a job, often to earn money. tree →
2) To work means to try hard to do or learn something: «work on your spelling». tree →
3) Work is the place where you have a job: «Dad is at work». tree →
4) A machine works when it does its job and is not broken. tree →
5) A plan works when it is a success. tree →
6) A work is something made, like a work of art. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah work includes labor, craft and the making of the Tabernacle. It is also the activity forbidden on Shabbat. Interpretation: Tradition counts 39 kinds of forbidden work on Shabbat, taken from the work of building the Tabernacle. In the primary lessons: In school maths: hours worked, pay per hour, work done per day; «show your work» (write your steps). In everyday life: grown-ups go to work, homework, schoolwork, group work, teamwork. In science: work is done when a force moves something. Phrases: «at work», «work out» (solve, or exercise), «work hard», «homework», «work together», «out of work».
examples
- Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; (Torah EXO.20.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, (Torah EXO.31.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold. (Torah EXO.39.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. (Writings 2CH.32.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? (Writings PSA.88.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- How great are Thy works, O LORD! (Writings PSA.92.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- She works 8 hours a day. tree →
- He earns 12 dollars for each hour of work. tree →
- How much does he earn for 5 days of work? tree →
- They worked for 3 hours. tree →
- Mum goes to work by train. tree →
- Can you work out the answer in your head? tree →
- The TV doesn't work anymore. tree →
- Good teamwork helped us finish the model. tree →
- Show your work so the teacher can follow your steps. tree →
- We must get to work swiftly.” tree →
note
As a noun «work» is uncountable: «a lot of work», not «a work» (but «a work of art»). «Homework» has no plural. Maths: pay = hours × rate; hours = pay ÷ rate. Trap: «show your work» means write the steps, no number; «work out» means solve.
In the corpora
- Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.'
- Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'
- And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'
- Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
- Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «work» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.