works
Britishplural noun
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(often functioning as singular) a place where a number of people are employed, such as a factory
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the sum total of a writer's or artist's achievements, esp when considered together
the works of Shakespeare
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the deeds of a person, esp virtuous or moral deeds performed as religious acts
works of charity
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the interior parts of the mechanism of a machine, etc
the works of a clock
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informal in preparation
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See spanner
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slang
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full or extreme treatment
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a very violent physical beating
to give someone the works
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slang a syringe
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(modifier) of or denoting a racing car, etc, that is officially entered by a manufacturer in an event
a works entry
Example Sentences
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But first agents need to understand how the company really works.
This approach works by forming microscopic bubbles that collapse and briefly raise the temperature, helping break down the shells.
From Science Daily
“That’s not how coprolalia works. That is not how Tourette syndrome works.”
From Salon
But remote works makes it hard to know anybody well enough.
Tom Stacey, senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, who works in supply chain and manufacturing research, said the company was operating within an "upper middle class squeeze".
From BBC
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