What does work at mean?

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work at

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. work at, work onverb

    to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something

    "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"

Wiktionary

  1. work atverb

    To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task

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  1. work at

    Work at generally refers to the process of performing tasks or duties, often regularly or repeatedly, usually at a specific place or on a specific subject. This could refer to one's job or occupation, or other projects or goals they are trying to achieve. The phrase suggests active engagement, dedication or continuous effort in accomplishing a task or aiming towards a goal.

Editors Contribution

  1. work at

    To do work

    They love to work at the local bakery for a number of hours when required as a facet of their social contact and receive a universal living income for it


    Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2021  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of work at in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of work at in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of work at in a Sentence

  1. Health Minister Simon Harris:

    Will we be in a position on April 12 where life in Ireland can return to normal ? Absolutely not. Let's be honest with each other, these are measures that we are going to need continue to work at, do we hope to be in a position in two weeks' time to say that we've made progress and some of the measures can be tweaked, removed, changed ? Absolutely.

  2. Hristo Nikolov:

    The other problem is that after Fakulteta was sealed off and information got out that probably many are infected there, many Roma who had steady jobs received calls from employers telling them not to show up at work at all.

  3. Sarah Silverman:

    I remember thinking I want to move home to New Hampshire. ... You just want to go home, and you don't want to do anything scary. And then I found a woman who put me on a pill called Klonopin that all it does is block panic attacks. And that really saved my life in that I was able to go to work at' Saturday Night Live' and exist through each day while I was figuring this out.

  4. Office Director Thomas Feeley:

    The men and women who work at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility are detention officers, deportation officers, administrative support staff, doctors, nurses, judges, attorneys, and maintenance staff. Each and every one of them is entrusted with the safety, security, and care of the detainees here.

  5. Joseph L. Mankiewicz:

    Funny business, a woman's career the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. It's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted.

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