1 effort made in order to achieve or make something: “He has done a lot of work on this project” werk
2 employment: “I cannot find work in this town.” werk
3 a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: “Please clear your work off the table.” werk
4 a painting, book, piece of music etc: “the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart” werk
5 the product or result of a person's labours: “His work has shown a great improvement lately.” werk
6 one's place of employment: “He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.” werk
1 to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: “She works at the factory three days a week” werken
2 to be employed: “Are you working just now?” werken
3 to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): “He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine” (doen) werken
4 to be practicable and/or successful: “If my scheme works, we'll be rich!” werken
5 to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: “She worked her way up the rock face.” vorderen
6 to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: “The wheel worked loose.” raken
7 to make by craftsmanship: “The ornaments had been worked in gold.” vormen, bewerken
-work
1 (the art of making) goods of a particular material: “He learns woodwork at school” -werk
2 parts of something, eg a building, made of a particular material: “The stonework/woodwork/paintwork needs to be renewed.” -werk
'workable (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)
(of a plan) able to be carried out. uitvoerbaar
'worker (Zelfstandig naamwoord)
1 a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc: “office-workers” arbeider
2 a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc. arbeider
3 a person who works (hard etc): “He's a slow/hard worker.” werker
works (noun singular or noun plural)
a factory etc: “The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays.” fabriek
1 the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): “The works are all rusted.” mechanisme
2 deeds, actions etc: “She's devoted her life to good works.” werken
'work-basket
etc nouns a basket, box etc for holding thread, needlework etc. naaimandje, gereedschapskist enz.
'workbook (Zelfstandig naamwoord)
a book of exercises usually with spaces for answers. opgavenboek
'workforce (Zelfstandig naamwoord)
the number of workers (available for work) in a particular industry, factory etc. personeel
working class
the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour. arbeidersklasse
working day (nouns)
1 a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday. werkdag
2 the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: “My working day is eight hours long.” werkdag
working hours
the times of day between which one is at work: “Normal working hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.” werkuren
'working-party (nouns)
a group of people gathered together (usually voluntarily) to perform a particular physical task: “They organized a work-party to clear the canal of weeds.” werkploeg
working week
the five days from Monday to Friday inclusive when people go to work. werkweek
'workman (Zelfstandig naamwoord)
a man who does manual work: “the workmen on a building site.” arbeider
'workmanlike (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)
1 suitable to a good workman: “a workmanlike attitude.” ambachtelijk
EN: a nasty piece of workNL:ook: een vervelend stukje mens, een 'klier' EN:works
NL:fabriekNL:bedrijfNL:werk (van horloge etc.) EN: the works
NL:(Am.) de hele zaak EN: give him the works
NL:geef 'm de volle laag (uit revolver) EN: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
NL:de boog kan niet altijd gespannen zijn EN: be at work upon
NL:bezig zijn met, werken aan EN: be in workNL:werk hebben, werken EN: out of workNL:(bn) werkeloos EN: have one's work cut out (for one)
NL:een zware taak vóór zich hebben EN: it's all the day's workNL:'t is heel gewoon, het hoort er zo bij EN: faith and works
NL:geloof en goede werken EN: First Commissioner of Works
NL:Minister van Openbare Werken
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