Worker - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈwɜːrkər|  American pronunciation of the word worker
Brit.  |ˈwɜːkə|  British pronunciation of the word worker

noun

- a person who works at a specific occupation
he is a good worker
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) (syn: prole, proletarian)
workers of the world--unite!
- sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
- a person who acts and gets things done (syn: actor, doer)
he's a miracle worker

Extra examples

The company is planning to hire 200 workers.

The average worker earned $1,000 more this year.

If management doesn't make the changes, the workers will go on strike.

They are both hard workers.

She established a reputation as a hard worker.

His job combines the functions of a manager and a worker.

She is a very responsible worker.

...whilst a good worker, he's not a very good manager...

...always a hard worker, Grandma has remained healthy into her 80s...

She's a hard worker but she's no great intellectual.

The company is looking for ways to improve worker productivity.

He's a hard worker but he's not very intelligent.

The restaurant worker sticks her arm out the window of her truck

He is a careless worker.

She has always been a very conscientious worker.

Word forms

noun
singular: worker
plural: workers
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