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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Example Sentences

A number of other big transactions are in the works.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kotagiri said Magna has taken steps to make its manufacturing system more flexible, and to ensure the company has a diverse mix of products in the works.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Scrubs” had been in the works for a long time.

From Los Angeles Times

The 49-year-old, who works in the Middle East as a domestic worker, is thousands of miles away from her home in the Philippines, where her husband and three children live.

From BBC

Alex McCarthy, a university student who works part-time in a pub, says he is feeling "very, very happy" about the rise.

From BBC