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• present tense form of work (3rd person singular).
• plural of work.

works

British  

/ wɜːks /

plural noun

1. (often functioning as singular) a place where a number of people are employed, such as a factory

2. the sum total of a writer's or artist's achievements, esp when considered together

   the works of Shakespeare

3. the deeds of a person, esp virtuous or moral deeds performed as religious acts

   works of charity

4. the interior parts of the mechanism of a machine, etc

   the works of a clock

5. informal in preparation

6. See spanner

7. slang

   1. full or extreme treatment

   2. a very violent physical beating

      to give someone the works

8. slang a syringe

9. (modifier) of or denoting a racing car, etc, that is officially entered by a manufacturer in an event

   a works entry

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Here, drawing on comments from many readers and channeling my own modest ideas, are suggestions to improve how capitalism works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

That is a key tenet of how the stock market works.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

GP Paul Evans works in Gateshead, an area he says has a "massive", longstanding problem with weight, and where more than a third of adults are classed as obese, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

I think it works better now, but I do miss the purity of the moves we made to “Bump It.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Isaac and Jacob are constantly at Tío Yehuda’s side, learning every detail of how the printing press works and becoming perfect apprentices to our uncle and grandfather.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar