at work
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at work
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- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, work. At one's workplace. He's not home at the moment: he's at work.
- Working, in the process of doing work. Don't interrupt me while I'm at work on my housing project.
- At play, in action. These three [August Bebel, Helen Stoecker, and Magnus Hirschfeld] can be taken to typify some of the currents at work before the Nazis came to power in 1933.
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prep_phrase at one's workplace
| Español | en el trabajo |
|---|---|
| Français | à pied d’œuvre, au travail |
| Deutsch | bei der Arbeit |
| Italiano | al lavoro, sul lavoro |
| Русский | на рабо́те na rabóte |
prep_phrase in the process of doing work
| Español | de obras |
|---|---|
| Français | au travail |
| Deutsch | am Werk |
| Русский | за рабо́той za rabótoj |
prep_phrase at play, in action
| Français | à l'œuvre |
|---|---|
| Русский | в де́йствии v déjstvii |
Talk about this word "at work." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/at%20work. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. at work. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/at%20work "at work." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/at%20work.
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@misc{at_work_2026,
title = {at work},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/at%20work},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
