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• past tense form of work.
• past participle of work.

worked

American  

[wurkt] / wɜrkt /

adjective

1. that has undergone work.

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worked British  

/ wɜːkt /

adjective

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

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Synonym Usage

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.

Other Word Forms

• unworked
  adjective
• well-worked
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of worked

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

Example Sentences

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worked

Thank you to the many photographers, some of them freelancers who worked for no pay, just wanting to be part of the high school sports experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Steffensen, a professor of marine biology at the University of Copenhagen, worked with Peter G. Bushnell, who teaches at Indiana University South Bend, and Richard W. Brill of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

"My father used to work there, he was an engineer in Hinterberg and a senior executive. Both of my children have worked there, and I know many people who still work there," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Like many of his relatives, Farrer has worked at the company, including stints in Latin America, Australia and Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

It was tiresome wearing the same dress every day that I worked, starching up the collar and dab-washing the armpits every night so it would be dry by the next morning.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu