Work

Vocabulary List Number 080 v.0.4 with 7 elements integrated in 1 chapter with 2 definition2, 1 synonym and 3 examples.

      

      Main Definitions

1. work 1 |n| physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something.
2. "Cleaning the basement was a lot of work."
3. work 2 |n| such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment.
4. "Looking for work."
5. work 3 |n| a trade, profession, or other means of livelihood."
6. "His work is fixing cars."
7. duty |n| an action or task required by a person's position or occupation; function.
8. "However, from their point of view, the members are simply serving the institution as part of their weekly or monthly self-imposed duty."
9. "With respect to staff members serving at a duty station at which a Board has been established or who are administered by organizational units located at such duty statibon, it shall be the Board."
10. assignment |n| a task or piece of work assigned to someone as part of a job.

      Strike

1. strike |n| a period of time when workers stop work in order to force an employer to agree to their demands. (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
2. "A teachers' strike." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
3. "A strike by airline pilots," (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
4. "The workers are on strike." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
5. "Workers are threatening to go (out) on strike. = (Brit) (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
6. "Workers are threatening to come out on strike." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
7. "Workers threatened to take strike action." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)

      Unemployment

1. joblessness / unemployment |n| the state of being unemployed.
2. "Apart from lost output and income, widespread joblessness has wider social and political impacts."
3. "The mood of the electorate is unhappy, with joblessness high."
4. "Among European youth is more than double the overall joblessness rate."
5. The serious level of unemployment among school-leavers."
6. "The number or proportion of unemployed people."
7. "A time of high unemployment."

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