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Arbeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assignment noun A task given to someone, especially a piece of schoolwork or a work project.
  • employment noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
  • job noun A paid position of regular employment.
  • labour noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
  • work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.
  • writing noun The activity or skill of forming letters or symbols to represent language.

Senses

Arbeit is used for these senses in English:

  • assignment An assigned task.
  • employment The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
  • job An economic role for which a person is paid.
  • labour (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
  • work (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
  • writing (countable) A work of an author.

assignment — full definition

  1. noun A task given to someone, especially a piece of schoolwork or a work project.
  2. noun The legal transfer of a right, property, or benefit from one person to another.

employment — full definition

  1. noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
  2. noun The state or condition of having a paid job.

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