Definitions for Works
works

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. plant, works, industrial plantnoun

   buildings for carrying on industrial labor

   "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"

2. whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatmentnoun

   everything available; usually preceded by `the'

   "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment"

3. works, deedsnoun

   performance of moral or religious acts

   "salvation by deeds"; "the reward for good works"

4. works, workingsnoun

   the internal mechanism of a device

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. worksnoun

   A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.

   A stray wrench can really gum up the works.

2. worksnoun

   A factory or similar collection of buildings

   The steel works almost fills the valley.

3. worksnoun

   Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food. (Always preceded by the.)

   I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.

4. worksnoun

   An act associated with moral or religious standing.

   His works displayed his righteousness.

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1. works

   Works can refer to various forms of creative or intellectual products that are created or produced by individuals or groups. It can encompass a wide range of objects, including literary works such as books, poems, or essays, artistic works like paintings, sculptures, or photographs, musical compositions, choreographed dances, films or movies, computer programs or software, scientific research papers, or any other form of output resulting from human artistic or intellectual endeavors. Works typically represent original expressions of ideas, thoughts, or emotions, and they are often protected by copyright laws to safeguard the rights of the creators and allow them to control the dissemination and use of their creations.

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1. Works

   Works is a Pink Floyd compilation album released in 1983. It features a variety of material, such as the band's early singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", alternative mixes of tracks from The Dark Side of the Moon, and the previously-unreleased track, "Embryo".

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. works

   All fortificational constructions, whether permanent, field, or makeshifts of the moment; from the most solid bastion to the rudest rifle-pit.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. works

   Are the fortifications about the body of a place. This word is also used to signify the approaches of the besiegers, and the several lines, trenches, etc., made round a place, an army, or the like, for its security.

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1. works

   Plural form and verb form of the word work.

   The works were completed accurately, easily and efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WORKS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Works is ranked #10857 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Works surname appeared 2,934 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Works.
   
   60.2% or 1,767 total occurrences were White.
   33% or 971 total occurrences were Black.
   3.1% or 91 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 65 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 31 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.3% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Building Complex
   • Entirety
   • Mechanism

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Works' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1226

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Works' in Written Corpus Frequency: #944

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Works' in Nouns Frequency: #577

How to pronounce Works?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Works in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Works in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Works in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Works in a Sentence

1. Thomas Peters:

   Life is pretty simple You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

2. Richard Jordan:

   Grace is not against good works It simply does not bless on the basis of good works. We receive blessing from God based solely on the merits of His Son--blessings freely given to us in Christ and nowhere else. The completeness that is in Christ mean deliverance from trying to 'be good' and 'do right' in order to be accepted by God.

3. Karl Fowlkes:

   AI companies using copyrighted works to train their models to create similar works is exactly the type of behavior the copyright office and courts should explicitly ban. Original art is meant to be protected by law, not works created by machines that used the original art to create new work.

4. Buzz Bishop:

   Rita's doing what works for (her). I'm doing what works for me. You're doing what works for you. And we're all just trying to teach our kids a little respect for each other, and themselves.

5. Greg Neely:

   We studied the biggest, most venomous and scary one, our drug works on the big beast. We don't know yet if it works on other jellyfish, but we know it works on the most-deadly one.

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