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Work

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Work may refer to:

  • Work (human activity), intentional activity people perform to support themselves, others, or the community
  • Work (physics), the product of force and displacement
    • Work (electric field), the work done on a charged particle by an electric field
    • Work (thermodynamics), energy transferred by the system to its surroundings
  • Creative work, a manifestation of creative effort

Broadcast call signs

  • WORK (FM), now WRFK (FM), an American radio station in Vermont
  • WORK-LP, an American low-power TV station in New Hampshire
  • WOYK, an American AM radio station in Pennsylvania, known as WORK 1932–1973

Music

  • The Work (band), an English post-punk rock group
  • Work Group, an American record label

Albums and EPs

  • Work (EP), a 2015 EP by Marcus Marr and Chet Faker
  • Work!, a 1986 album by Mulgrew Miller
  • Work 1989–2002, a 2002 album by Orbital
  • Work (album), a 2010 album by Shout Out Louds

Songs

  • "Work" (ASAP Ferg song) (2012)
  • "Work" (Iggy Azalea song) (2013)
  • "Work" (Ciara song) (2009)
  • "Work" (Jars of Clay song) (2006)
  • "Work" (Jimmy Eat World song) (2004)
  • "Work" (Rihanna song) (2016)
  • "Work" (Kelly Rowland song) (2008)
  • "Work" (The Saturdays song) (2008)
  • "Work" (The 2 Bears song) (2012)
  • "Work", a 1980 song by Bob Marley and the Wailers from Uprising
  • "Work", a 2006 song by Mac Boney from Grand Hustle Presents: In da Streetz Volume 4
  • "Work", a 1998 song by Gang Starr from Moment of Truth
  • "Work", a 2018 song by ionnalee from Everyone Afraid to Be Forgotten
  • "Work", a 2013 single by Jme
  • "Work", a 2018 song by Little Big Town from Wanderlust
  • "Work", a 1990 song by Lou Reed and John Cale from Songs for Drella
  • "Work", a 1956 song by Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins from Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins

Other uses

  • Work (film), a 1915 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin
  • Work (painting), by Ford Madox Brown
  • Work (professional wrestling), a term with several meanings
  • Work (vehicle), an electric vehicle by StreetScooter
  • Work: A Story of Experience, an 1873 novel by Louisa May Alcott
  • Good works or works, a person's actions or deeds in contrast to inner qualities
  • Slack Technologies's NYSE symbol
  • Work, a 1978 play by Ron Milner

People with the surname

  • Jimmy Work (1924–2018), American singer-songwriter
  • John Work (fur trader) (1792–1861), chief factor in Hudson's Bay Company and member of a founding family of Victoria, British Columbia
  • John M. Work (1869–1961), American socialist and newspaper editor
  • John Wesley Work, Jr. (1871–1925), American song collector and choral director
  • John Wesley Work III (1901–1967), American composer and scholar
  • Milton Work (1864–1934), American authority on bridge and whist

See also

  • Career, an individual's journey through learning, work and other aspects of life
  • Employment, a relationship between two parties where work is paid for
  • Job, a regular activity performed in exchange for payment
  • Karma ('action', 'work' or 'deed'), the spiritual principle of cause and effect
  • Labour (disambiguation)
  • Wage labour, the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
  • Work ethic, a belief that hard work and diligence have a moral benefit
  • Work of art (disambiguation)
  • Work Work (disambiguation)
  • Working (disambiguation)
  • Works (disambiguation)
  • The Works (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Work
  • All pages with titles beginning with Work
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