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works
/ ɜː /
plural noun
- often functioning as singular a place where a number of people are employed, such as a factory
- the sum total of a writer's or artist's achievements, esp when considered together
the works of Shakespeare
- the deeds of a person, esp virtuous or moral deeds performed as religious acts
works of charity
- the interior parts of the mechanism of a machine, etc
the works of a clock
- in the works informal.in preparation
- spanner in the worksSee spanner
- the works slang.
- full or extreme treatment
- a very violent physical beating
to give someone the works
- slang.a syringe
- modifier of or denoting a racing car, etc, that is officially entered by a manufacturer in an event
a works entry
Example Sentences
What could it mean for the next James Bond movie, a franchise now owned by US giant Amazon, but based on an iconic British character who works for MI6, based in London?
As she continues the search for a distributor for the doc, she already has another project in the works.
This also works the other way - calling people who work on the help desk and pretending to be an employee locked out of their account.
Specialists rehearse smoke tests in the days before the conclave begins, ensuring the chimney draw works in real time.
What do you think would happen, I asked my daughter, a nurse practitioner who works in addiction medicine, if Narcan, the drug that reverses opiate overdoses, were suddenly to disappear from pharmacy shelves?
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