work – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of work

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to work sb out
Participle: worked sb out
Gerund: working sb out

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwork sb out
youwork sb out
he;she;itworks sb out
wework sb out
youwork sb out
theywork sb out

Perfect

Ihave worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhave worked sb out; wrought sb out
he;she;ithas worked sb out; wrought sb out
wehave worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhave worked sb out; wrought sb out
theyhave worked sb out; wrought sb out

Past

Iworked sb out
youworked sb out
he;she;itworked sb out
weworked sb out
youworked sb out
theyworked sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhad worked sb out; wrought sb out
he;she;ithad worked sb out; wrought sb out
wehad worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhad worked sb out; wrought sb out
theyhad worked sb out; wrought sb out

Future

Iwill work sb out
youwill work sb out
he;she;itwill work sb out
wewill work sb out
youwill work sb out
theywill work sb out

Future Perfect

Iwill have worked sb out; wrought sb out
youwill have worked sb out; wrought sb out
he;she;itwill have worked sb out; wrought sb out
wewill have worked sb out; wrought sb out
youwill have worked sb out; wrought sb out
theywill have worked sb out; wrought sb out

Subjunctive

Present

Iwork sb out
youwork sb out
he;she;itwork sb out
wework sb out
youwork sb out
theywork sb out

Perfect

Ihave worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhave worked sb out; wrought sb out
he;she;ithave worked sb out; wrought sb out
wehave worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhave worked sb out; wrought sb out
theyhave worked sb out; wrought sb out

Imperfect

Iworked sb out
youworked sb out
he;she;itworked sb out
weworked sb out
youworked sb out
theyworked sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhad worked sb out; wrought sb out
he;she;ithad worked sb out; wrought sb out
wehad worked sb out; wrought sb out
youhad worked sb out; wrought sb out
theyhad worked sb out; wrought sb out

Conditional

Present

Iwould work sb out
youwould work sb out
he;she;itwould work sb out
wewould work sb out
youwould work sb out
theywould work sb out

Perfect

Iwould have worked sb out; wrought sb out
youwould have worked sb out; wrought sb out
he;she;itwould have worked sb out; wrought sb out
wewould have worked sb out; wrought sb out
youwould have worked sb out; wrought sb out
theywould have worked sb out; wrought sb out

Imperative

youwork sb out
weLet's work sb out
youwork sb out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam working sb out
youare working sb out
he;she;itis working sb out
weare working sb out
youare working sb out
theyare working sb out

Perfect

Ihave been working sb out
youhave been working sb out
he;she;ithas been working sb out
wehave been working sb out
youhave been working sb out
theyhave been working sb out

Past

Iwas working sb out
youwere working sb out
he;she;itwas working sb out
wewere working sb out
youwere working sb out
theywere working sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad been working sb out
youhad been working sb out
he;she;ithad been working sb out
wehad been working sb out
youhad been working sb out
theyhad been working sb out

Future

Iwill be working sb out
youwill be working sb out
he;she;itwill be working sb out
wewill be working sb out
youwill be working sb out
theywill be working sb out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been working sb out
youwill have been working sb out
he;she;itwill have been working sb out
wewill have been working sb out
youwill have been working sb out
theywill have been working sb out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be working sb out
youwould be working sb out
he;she;itwould be working sb out
wewould be working sb out
youwould be working sb out
theywould be working sb out

Perfect

Iwould have been working sb out
youwould have been working sb out
he;she;itwould have been working sb out
wewould have been working sb out
youwould have been working sb out
theywould have been working sb out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'work'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'work'

bork, cork, fork, gork, hork, pork, wark, wok, word, worke,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

labor
drudgery, grind, toil, exertion, moil
operate
run, manage, control, handle, drive, manipulate, use
accomplish
perform, produce, achieve, execute, effect, cause, do

Antonyms

transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
drive, push, indulge
to be idle
energize, leave, make a move, scraffle, scramble, take action, loiter
labor
ease, relaxation, unemployment, idleness
accomplish
fail, relinquish, nullify, defeat

Additional Information

Cf. Old English wyrcan.

Etymology

1. O.E. weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from P.Gmc. *werkan (cf. O.S., O.Fris., Du. werk, O.N. verk, M.Du. warc, O.H.G. werah, Ger. Werk, Goth. gawaurki), from PIE base *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
"Work is less boring than amusing oneself." [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
In O.E., the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1652. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1581. Work station is recorded from 1950.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti
6. Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan
8. Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-om
10. Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
11. Proto-Germanic *werką
12. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
13. Proto-Germanic *-janą
14. Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną
15. Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan
16. Old English wyrċan
17. Middle English worchen
18. English work
19. From Middle English werken and worchen, from Old English wyrċan and wircan (Mercian), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti (“to be working, to be at work”), from the root *werǵ-. Cognate with Old Frisian werka, wirka, Old Saxon wirkian, Low German warken, Dutch werken, Old High German wurken (German wirken, werken and werkeln), Old Norse yrkja and orka, (Swedish yrka and orka), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waurkjan). See: Proto-Germanic '*wurkijaną', Proto-Indo-European '*wr̥ǵyéti', Old Saxon 'wirkian', Low Saxon 'warken', Dutch 'werken', German, old spelling 'wirken', Swedish 'yrka'.

Verbs referencing "work"

Tok Pisin wok, Norwegian, nynorsk verka, Welsh gwneud, Latin organizo, Dari ورزیدن, Low Saxon warken, Luxembourgish wierken, Sranan wroko, Cimbrian börchan, Finnish with old forms wörkkiä.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] a dense conglomeration of passengers and passengers ’ friends and passengers ’ luggage, all jumbled together on the deck of a small steamboat, and panting and snorting off to the packet, which had worked out of dock yesterday afternoon and was now lying at her moorings in the river. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] again; the sun shining as on a brilliant April day in England; the land stretched out on either side, streaked with light patches of snow; white wooden houses; people at their doors; telegraphs working; flags hoisted; wharfs appearing; ships; quays crowded with people; distant noises; shouts; men and boys running down steep places towards the pier: all more bright and gay and fresh to our unused [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • This young man had been hired out by his master to work in a bagging factory, where his adroitness and ingenuity caused him to be considered the first hand in the place. He had invented a machine for the cleaning of the hemp, which, considering the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] receive his earnings, or not. Those who prove unable to earn their own livelihood will not be retained; as it is not desirable to convert the establishment into an alms-house, or to retain any but working bees in the hive. Those who by physical or mental imbecility are disqualified from work, are thereby disqualified from being members of an industrious community; and they can be better provided for [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Each ward in this institution is shaped like a long gallery or hall, with the dormitories of the patients opening from it on either hand. Here they work, read, play at skittles, and other games; and when the weather does not admit of their taking exercise out of doors, pass the day together. In one of these rooms, seated, calmly, and quite as a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • In the labour department, every patient is as freely trusted with the tools of his trade as if he were a sane man. In the garden, and on the farm, they work with spades, rakes, and hoes. For amusement, they walk, run, fish, paint, read, and ride out to take the air in carriages provided for the purpose. They have among themselves a sewing society to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] closes the catalogue. It is the House of Correction for the State, in which silence is strictly maintained, but where the prisoners have the comfort and mental relief of seeing each other, and of working together. This is the improved system of Prison Discipline which we have imported into England, and which has been in successful operation among us for some years past. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] like a wink, suddenly awakens all the slumbering echoes in the main street of a large town, and dashes on haphazard, pell-mell, neck-or-nothing, down the middle of the road. There—with mechanics working at their trades, and people leaning from their doors and windows, and boys flying kites and playing marbles, and men smoking, and women talking, and children crawling, and pigs burrowing, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the roof, lest with one thoughtless stamp of his foot he should crush the structure beneath him, and bring it rattling down. The very river that moves the machinery in the mills (for they are all worked by water power ), seems to acquire a new character from the fresh buildings of bright red brick and painted wood among which it takes its course; and to be as light-headed, thoughtless, and brisk a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The rooms in which they worked, were as well ordered as themselves. In the windows of some, there were green plants, which were trained to shade the glass; in all, there was as much fresh air, cleanliness, and comfort, as the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • But throughout five years of working here, I 've never been promoted at all. (Laundry Show)
  • This works. Stop fooling around ! I wasn't expecting a city inside the light. (My Hero Academia: You're Next)
  • For example, the triumphs of our proletariat. I 've never worked in a factory, (The Master and Margarita)
  • Just put an end to that shit. But that's not how it works, Martín. (The Truthers)
  • Okay. -[synthetic voice ] Warning... -Gotta keep pressure on it. I 'm working on it. (Runner)