at work
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, work. At one's workplace.
- He's not home at the moment: he's at work.
- They've got a new photocopier at work.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Remember to call Marsha at work.
Audio (US) (file)
- Remember to call Marsha at work.
- Working, in the process of doing work.
- Don't interrupt me while I'm at work on my housing project.
- 2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- This was billed as the battle between Kane and his Poland opposite number Lewandowski but this was a game where it was possible to simply enjoy two masters of their craft at work.
- (figuratively) At play, in action.
Translations[edit]
at one's workplace
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in the process of doing work
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at play, in action
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “at work”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “at work”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “at work” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “at work” (US) / “at work” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.