WORKER


Meaning of WORKER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wɜ:(r)kə(r) ]

( workers)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

A particular kind of worker does the kind of work mentioned.

...office workers...

The society was looking for a capable research worker.

N-COUNT : with supp , usu n N

2.

Workers are people who are employed in industry or business and who are not managers.

Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.

N-COUNT : usu pl

3.

You can use worker to say how well or badly someone works.

He is a hard worker and a skilled gardener...

N-COUNT : usu adj N

see also care worker , caseworker , dock worker , social worker , teleworker , youth worker

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