Definição de 'worker'

Frequência da palavra

worker

(wɜːʳkəʳ )

Formas da palavra:plural workers

1. substantivo contável [usually noun NOUN]

A particular kind of worker does the kind of work mentioned.

...office workers.

The society was looking for a capable research worker.

Aid workers erected tents to house displaced people.

2. substantivo contável [usually plural]

Workers are people who are employed in industry or business and who are not managers.

Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.

...a call for the workers of the world to unite.

The agreement encourages worker participation in management decisions.

Sinônimos:employee, hand, labourer, workman Mais sinônimos de worker

3. substantivo contável [usually adjective NOUN]

You can use worker to say how well or badly someone works.

He is a hard worker and a skilled gardener.

A first-class worker, she operated the difficult Jacquard looms.

Frequência da palavra

worker in American

(ˈwɜrkər ; wʉrˈkər)

substantivo

a person, animal, or thing that works; specif., a person who is employed to do physical or mental work for wages, esp. in order to earn a living, as in a trade, industry, business, office, etc. or on a farm, ranch, etc.

a person who works for a cause, organization, etc.

volunteer workers, a party worker

any of a class of sterile or sexually imperfect ants, bees, wasps, etc. that do work for the colony: with the exception of termites, workers are normally females

4. Printing

an electrotype used to print from, as distinguished from one used as a mold for making duplicate electrotypes

Frequência da palavra

worker in British

(ˈwɜːkə )

substantivo

a person or thing that works, usually at a specific job

a good worker

a research worker

an employee in an organization, as opposed to an employer or manager

a manual labourer or other employee working in a manufacturing or other industry

any other member of the working class

a sterile female member of a colony of bees, ants, or wasps that forages for food, cares for the larvae, etc

Formas derivadas

workerless (ˈworkerless)

adjectivo

Exemplos de frases que contêm worker

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Did we protect our industry and our workers? Times, Sunday Times (2016)Being a team player and hard worker are very important. Times, Sunday Times (2016)And experts agree that automation will cost many workers their jobs. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Alongside her was a beaming aid worker. Times, Sunday Times (2016)He was also reassured by the fact that the bank worker had called his mobile as its number was not publicly available. Times, Sunday Times (2016)He is old school, a hard worker. The Sun (2016)There are also sterile female workers that are out catching insects and returning to the nest to feed any larvae that are still there. Times, Sunday Times (2016)The extent of employment rights will depend on whether the individual is selfemployed, a worker or an employee. Times, Sunday Times (2017)A study found that workers worried about job security were more likely to put on weight and struggle with sleep. The Sun (2016)Britain could fashion internal controls based on compulsory apprenticeship training, or stopping unscrupulous employers hiring workers from abroad without advertising jobs in Britain. Times, Sunday Times (2017)Workers of all kinds are taking part. The Sun (2011) Thousands of workers decide to set up their own businesses each year. Times, Sunday Times (2009)Workers in the industry will also be hard hit. Times, Sunday Times (2008)The trainers liked him because he was a hard worker and athletic. Times, Sunday Times (2011)The doctors said that some hospital workers were members of street gangs. Times, Sunday Times (2016)The activists were thought to be ferry workers hit by job cuts. The Sun (2015)Government vets were called in after workers reported a sudden drop in egg production. The Sun (2009)The workers are themselves female but have only fed on honey and pollen. Turner, Roger Newman The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide (1988)The latter seeks to provide similar pay and conditions to agency workers as employees. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Talking to colleagues and church workers was difficult. Christianity Today (2000)There may well be rapacious businesses exploiting their workers to make fat profits. Times, Sunday Times (2014)The spotlight needs to be shone hard on social workers. The Sun (2013) Call centre workers were shown singing with their mouths full. Times, Sunday Times (2006)The suspended staff are male and female admin workers and junior managers. The Sun (2006)It must also not pander to xenophobia and not deprive business of workers. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Many workers left the industry during the downturn and companies are now struggling to persuade them to come back. Times, Sunday Times (2014)Both are suspected of bringing people in on the false pretext that they will get jobs as religious workers. The Sun (2013)The remainder will fund a night out for other airport workers and members of the public who witnessed the incident. Times, Sunday Times (2007)Three test cases were won by construction, road and engineering workers but their employers contested them. The Sun (2014)The fast-track process for applying for visas for aid workers has been brought to an end. Times, Sunday Times (2009)There is anecdotal evidence of a rise in City workers taking former employers to the tribunal. Times, Sunday Times (2009)They fear that if and when business improves, their good workers may be difficult to recover. Times, Sunday Times (2006)The rising violence in Afghanistan has left great swaths of the country too dangerous for aid workers to do their jobs. Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Citações

The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of all countries unite!Marx & Engels The Communist Manifesto