рабо́тать — meaning in English

English meaning

• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
• function noun The purpose something serves or the job it does.
• functional adj Working properly; in usable, operating condition.
• labour noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
• operate verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
• operative adjective In effect, functioning, or currently applicable.
• run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.

Senses

рабо́тать is used for these senses in English:

• do (transitive, chiefly, in questions) To have as one's job.
• function (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
• functional In good working order.
• labour (intransitive) To toil, to work.
• operate (transitive, or, intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
• operate (intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
• operative Functional, in working order.
• out of order (idiomatic) Not functioning properly.

do — full definition

1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

function — full definition

1. noun The purpose something serves or the job it does.
2. noun A formal or official event.
3. noun In maths and programming, a rule or routine that turns an input into an output.
4. verb To work or operate as intended.

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