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Meaning of worker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈwɜː.kə

Definitions

  1. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor
  2. Typical of or relative to the workers.
  3. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
  4. A member of a colony of social insects, such as ants or bees, that performs specialized work such as building the nest. Workers are usually sterile females.
  5. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp
  6. Person that works, especially in physical works.
  7. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
  8. (of a plan) able to be carried out. uitvoerbaar قابِل للتَّنْفيذ изпълним praticável proveditelný durchführbar mulig; gennemførlig εφαρμόσιμοςpráctico teostatav انجام پذیر؛ شدنی toimiva réalisable בַּר-בִּיצוּע व्यवहार्य izvediv megvalósítható; megmunkálható bisa dilaksanakan gerlegur realizzabile 実行できる 실행 가능한 įgyvendinimas īstenojams; realizējams boleh dilaksanakan uitvoerbaargjennomførbar nadający się do zastosowania, wykonalny دكار وړ، كېدونكى praticável realizabil выполнимый uskutočniteľn...
  9. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp
  10. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
    rare
  11. a factory etc. The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays. werke, werksaamhede مَصْنَع، مُنْشَآت завод fábrica závod(y) die Werke (pl.) værk; -værk εργοστάσιοfábrica tehas کارخانجات tehdas usineמפעל कारखाना tvornica művek pabrik verksmiðja fabbrica 工場 공장 ámonë rūpnīca; darbnīca kilang fabriek-verk, fabrikkzakład فابریکه fábrica uzină завод závod(y) tovarna fabrika -verk โรงงาน fabrika 工廠 завод, фабрика کارخانہ nhà máy 工厂
    etc
  12. A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program
  13. A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
  14. etc nouns a basket, box etc for holding thread, needlework etc. knutselmandjie سَلَّة شُغل الإبرَه кошничка за ръкоделие caixa de costura košíček/skříňka se šitím der Nähkorb håndarbejdskurv καλάθι του εργόχειρου costurero, cesto de labor käsitöö-korv سبد سوزن و نخ ompelulaatikko corbeille à ouvrage סַל תְּפִירָה औजारपेटी radna košarica kézimunkakosár keranjang jahitan saumakarfa/-kassi cassetta da lavoro* 裁縫箱 반짇고리 krepšelis/dėžutė su siuvimo reikmenimis rokdarbu [] groziņš/kastīte bakul jahi...
    etc nouns
  15. a book of exercises usually with spaces for answers. oefeningboek كِتاب التَّمارين работна тетрадка caderno de exercícios cvičebnice das Arbeitsheft arbejdsbog; øvebog τετράδιο εργασιών cuaderno de ejercicios töövihik کتاب تمرین؛ کتاب راهنما työkirja cahier d'exercices סֵפֶר תַרגִילִים अभ्यासपुस्तिका radna bilježnica munkafüzet buku latihan vinnubók (libro degli esercizi) 練習帳 연습장 pratimų knyga darba burtnīca buku kerja opgavenboek arbeidsbokzeszyt, książka do ćwiczeń د لارښوونی کتاب caderno d...
    usually
  16. the number of workers (available for work) in a particular industry, factory etc. werksmag, arbeidsmag القُوَّه العامِلَه работна сила força de trabalho zaměstnanci die Belegschaft arbejdsstyrke εργατικό δυναμικόmano de obra tööjõud نیروی کار työvoima main d'oeuvre כּוֹח עֲבוֹדָה श्रमबल radna snaga munkáslétszám; munkaerő angkatan kerja vinnuafl, starfslið (forza di lavoro) 労働力 노동 인력 darbininkai darbaspēks; nodarbinātie tenaga kerja personeelarbeidsstokk liczba zatrudnionych نیرو کاری trabalh...
    etc
  17. the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour. arbeiderklas الطَّبَقَه العامِلَه работна сила proletariado dělnická třída die Arbeiterklasse arbejderklasse εργατική τάξη proletariado töölisklass طبقه کارگر työväenluokka classe ouvrière מַעֲמָד הַפוֹעָלִים श्रमिक वर्ग radnička klasa a munkásosztály kelas pekerja verkamannastétt classe operaia 労働階級 노동자 계급 darbininkų klasė strādnieku šķira golongan pekerja arbeidersklassearbeiderklasseklasa robotnicza د كار ګرو طبقه prole...
  18. the times of day between which one is at work. Normal working hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. werkure ساعات العَمَل работно време horas de trabalho pracovní den die Arbeitszeit arbejdstid ώρες εργασίας, ωράριο horas de trabajo tööaeg ساعات کار työaika heures de travail שְׁעוֹת עֲבוֹדָה कार्य का समय radno vrijeme munkaidő jam kerja vinnustundir ore di lavoro 就業時間 근무 시간 darbo laikas darba laiks waktu bekerja werkuren arbeidstid czas pracy ساعت کار horas de trabalho orar/program de lucru/de birou про...
  19. a group of people gathered together (usually voluntarily) to perform a particular physical task. They organized a work-party to clear the canal of weeds. werkgroep, groep werkers جَماعَة عَمَل група за изпълнение на определена работа grupo de trabalho pracovní tým die Arbeitsgruppe arbejdsgruppe ομάδα εργασίας grupo de trabajo töörühm گروه کار työporukka équipe; groupe de travail צֶווֶת עוֹבדִים किसी शारीरिक कार्य के लिए गठित दल radnička partija munkabrigád kelompok pekerja vinnuflokkur squad...
    usually
  20. the five days from Monday to Friday inclusive when people go to work. werkweek أسْبوع العَمَل работна седмица semana de trabalho pracovní týden die Arbeitswoche arbejdsuge εργάσιμες μέρες semana laborable töönädal هفته کاری از دوشنبه تا جمعه työviikko semaine de travail שְׁבוּע עֲבוֹדָה सोमवार से शुक्रवार तक कार्य के पांच दिन radni tjedan munkahét hari kerja vinnuvika settimana lavorativa 週労働日数 주 노동 일 수 darbo savaitė darba nedēļa minggu kerja werkweekarbeidsuke tydzień pracy د کار هفتی semana...

Equivalents

Afrikaans werker
Azərbaycanca fəhlə işçi zəhmətkeş
Беларуская працаўнік рабо́тнік
Bosanski работник
Čeština dělnice dělník
Dansk arbejder
Ελληνικά εργάτης εργάτρια
Español obrera obrero trabajador trabajadora
Eesti töötaja
Euskara langile
Suomi työläinen
Gaeilge oibrí
Galego obreiro
Hrvatski работник
Magyar munkás
Հայերեն աշխատող բանվոր
Bahasa Indonesia buruh
ქართული მუშა მუშაკი
Kurdî îşçî
Кыргызча жумушчу
Latina operarius
Lëtzebuergesch Aarbechter
Lietuvių darbininkas
Te Reo Māori kaimahi
Македонски работник работничка
Bahasa Melayu pekerja
Malti ħaddiem
မြန်မာဘာသာ လုပ်သား အလုပ်သမား
Português trabalhador
Slovenčina robotníčka robotník
Slovenščina delavec
Српски работник
Svenska arbetare
Kiswahili mfanyaji mfanyakazi
Тоҷикӣ коргар
Türkçe amele emekçi faale işçi
ئۇيغۇرچە ئىشچى
اردو مزدور
Oʻzbekcha ishchi
Tiếng Việt công nhân

Examples

“Near-synonym: employee”
“Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.”
“Writer Ta Chen, in a statistical study of industrial labor in China in 1933, recorded that 66.6 percent of the total number of workers in the four main industrial regions of Kwangtung were women. In Shun-te, 81.2 percent of the labor force were women.”
“Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese […] began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death. Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses and manganism is rare.”
“Although the radiation levels identified are high, a threat to human health is very unlikely because apart from workers at the site, no-one goes there.”
“That would allow employers to keep some tip money for themselves, as long as each worker made at least the full federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.”
“This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.”

CEFR level

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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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