at work
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.89 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, work. At one's workplace.
prep_phrase
Working, in the process of doing work.
Example Sentences
- "He's not home at the moment: he's at work."
- "They've got a new photocopier at work."
- "Remember to call Marsha at work."
- "Don't interrupt me while I'm at work on my housing project."
- "In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work."
- "This was billed as the battle between Kane and his Poland opposite number Lewandowski but this was a game where it was possible to simply enjoy two masters of their craft at work."