WORKED Definition & Meaning

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worked

[wurkt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

that has undergone work. working.

worked

/ ��ɜː�� /

adjective

made or decorated with evidence of workmanship; wrought, as with embroidery or tracery

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unworked adjective
well-worked adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of worked¹

First recorded in 1700–10; work + -ed ²

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Synonym Study

Worked, wrought both apply to something on which effort has been applied. Worked implies expended effort of almost any kind: a worked silver mine. Wrought implies fashioning, molding, or making, especially of metals: wrought iron.

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Additional firefighters worked the other edges of the field until it was encircled by strips of burned black grass.

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His widow, Kate Craig, who also worked at Jonathan Cape, said the publication of Boy was "on a very tight publication schedule".

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Boelter is a security contractor and religious missionary who has worked in Africa and the Middle East, according to an online CV.

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He is a security contractor and religious missionary who has worked in Africa and the Middle East, according to his online CV.

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"I have worked closely with him over the past year and thank him for his valuable contribution enhancing our national security and protecting the British public."

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workday worked-up

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