Betriebsverfassungsgesetz

Phonetic: "/wɜːks/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (heading) Employment.

Definition: (heading) Effort.

Definition: Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

Example: We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.

Definition: (heading) Product; the result of effort.

Definition: The staging of events to appear as real.

Definition: Ore before it is dressed.

Definition: The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Example: Tell me you're using clean works at least.

Phonetic: "/wɜːks/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Example: He’s working in a bar.

Definition: To effect by gradual degrees.

Example: he worked his way through the crowd

Definition: To embroider with thread.

Definition: To set into action.

Example: He worked the levers.

Definition: To cause to ferment.

Definition: To ferment.

Definition: To exhaust, by working.

Example: The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.

Definition: To shape, form, or improve a material.

Example: He used pliers to work the wire into shape.

Definition: To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Example: she works the night clubs

Definition: To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

Definition: To provoke or excite; to influence.

Example: The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.

Definition: To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Example: She knows how to work the system.

Definition: To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Example: I cannot work a miracle.

Definition: To cause to work.

Example: He is working his servants hard.

Definition: To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Example: he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?;  he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work;  my plan didn’t work

Definition: To influence.

Example: They worked on her to join the group.

Definition: To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

Definition: To move in an agitated manner.

Example: A ship works in a heavy sea.

Definition: To behave in a certain way when handled

Example: this dough does not work easily;  the soft metal works well

Definition: (with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

Definition: To hurt; to ache.

Phonetic: "/wɜːks/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Example: A stray wrench can really gum up the works.

Definition: A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.

Example: The steel works almost fills the valley.

Definition: (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

Example: I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.

Definition: (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

Phonetic: "/ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃən/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.

Definition: The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.

Definition: A legal document describing such a formal system.

Definition: A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness.

Example: He has a strong constitution, so he should make a quick recovery from the illness.

Definition: The general health of a person.

Phonetic: "/æk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Something done, a deed.

Example: an act of goodwill

Definition: Actuality.

Definition: Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.

Definition: A product of a legislative body, a statute.

Definition: The process of doing something.

Example: He was caught in the act of stealing.

Definition: A formal or official record of something done.

Definition: A division of a theatrical performance.

Example: The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act.

Definition: A performer or performers in a show.

Example: Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?

Definition: Any organized activity.

Definition: A display of behaviour.

Definition: A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

Definition: A display of behaviour meant to deceive.

Example: to put on an act

Phonetic: "/æk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To do something.

Example: If you don't act soon, you will be in trouble.

Definition: To do (something); to perform.

Definition: To perform a theatrical role.

Example: I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.

Definition: Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

Definition: To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.

Example: A dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite.

Definition: To convey an appearance of being.

Example: He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry.

Definition: To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

Example: act on behalf of John

Definition: (construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).

Example: Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies.

Definition: To play (a role).

Example: He's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.

Definition: To feign.

Example: He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.

Definition: (construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).

Example: This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!

Definition: To move to action; to actuate; to animate.