worked

[wurkt]

adjective

1. that has undergone work. working.

worked

/ wɜːkt /

adjective

1. made or decorated with evidence of workmanship; wrought, as with embroidery or tracery

Other Word Forms

• unworked adjective
• well-worked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of worked¹

First recorded in 1700–10; work + -ed ²

Synonym Study

Worked, wrought both apply to something on which effort has been applied. Worked implies expended effort of almost any kind: a worked silver mine. Wrought implies fashioning, molding, or making, especially of metals: wrought iron.

Example Sentences

Early in her career, the Taiwan-born, Queens, N.Y.-raised Su worked for International Business Machines, where she focused on designing products according to the needs of big customers.

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"I'm really pleased with the performance. Everyone worked hard and I think when we are playing at this level, we can put in performances like this one."

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People would not like a joke you said, search your name, Google you, find out where you worked and email like your boss, and people were getting fired.

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“During their relationship, Schmidt confided that when he worked at Google, he built an insider “backdoor” to Google servers with a team of Google engineers in order to spy on Google employees.

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Along with Ms Bond, a public relations consultant who had worked for Visit Isles of Scilly, Chilean officials said two German and two Mexican citizens had died in the snowstorm.

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