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achieve, engender, beget, create, do, put through, execute,
fulfil, effectuate, implement, realize: I doubt that the new
sports centre will work many changes in the area. 17 work in.
find time or space for, include, insert, introduce, fit in,
squeeze in, accommodate: I'll try and work in your comments
when I write up my report. 18 work on. wheedle, coax,
importune, press, Brit pressurize, US pressure; influence,
persuade, act on, prevail upon, induce, dispose, urge: Keep
working on him to try to change his mind. 19 work out. a
exercise, do callisthenics, do aerobics, warm up, do setting-up
exercises, do (one's) daily dozen, jog, lift weights, train,
drill: I try to work out for an hour every day. b Often, work
out at or to. equal, total (up to), result in, amount to, come
to: Let's see - that works out at one car for every 4.7 people.
c clear up, resolve, solve, Slang Brit and New Zealand suss out:
Thaddeus is old enough to work out his own problems. Can they
work out their differences? d evolve, develop, succeed, prosper,
come out all right, prove satisfactory, go well, be effective,
Colloq pan out: How can you be so sure that everything will
work out? e formulate, work up, contrive, draw up, detail,
plan, develop, devise, put together, elaborate, expand, enlarge
(on): The captain worked out a way for them to escape. 20 work
up. a excite, make excited, agitate, inflame, enkindle, arouse,
rouse, stir, move, animate, incite, spur, Colloq fire (up), get
(someone) (all) steamed or hopped or het up: Those
fire-and-brimstone preachers used to get the people all worked
up. b prepare, (make or get) ready, whip into shape, develop,
come up with, write up, put together, produce, turn out: Can
you work up that proposal in time for Monday's meeting? c
advance, ascend, rise, move up or ahead or on: In no time at
all, Greg worked his way up from assembler to foreman. d See 19
(e), above.
worker n. labourer, working man or woman, workman, hand, employee,
artisan, craftsman, tradesman, white-collar worker, blue-collar
worker, proletarian, breadwinner, wage-earner: It seems
unlikely that the workers would strike for longer hours and less
pay.
workmanship
n. handicraft, craft, craftsmanship, artistry, art, technique,
handiwork, skill, skilfulness, mastery, US artisanship: One
cannot help but admire the workmanship in those marquetry