works
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,585 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,461 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor also: plant, industrial plant they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
- everything available; usually preceded by `the' also: whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit we saw the whole shebanga hotdog with the works
- performance of moral or religious acts also: deeds salvation by deedsthe reward for good works
- the internal mechanism of a device also: workings
works in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My wife works regularly ‘on the land’.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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He works so much for the glory of success that he often spends money from his own pocket.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In the case of a number of the poems, different editions of the poets' works contain different readings.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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How hard dear Papa works to get his living; and, of course, I oughtn't to waste anything, ought I?
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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About 1000 | | volumes are added each month; and very large purchases are | | made of all new and popular works.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1