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работать — meaning in English

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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

работать 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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