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socially
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adverb
by or with respect to society
socially accepted norms
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adverb
in a social manner
socially unpopular
useful
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adjective
being of use or service
the girl felt motherly and useful
a useful job
a useful member of society
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adjective
(= utilitarian)
having a useful function
utilitarian steel tables
work
Verb
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If you work, you do a job, usually for money.
My father works at Microsoft.
I got to work at 7:30 each morning.
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If you work you are doing something that needs effort.
I worked on my school paper all night long.
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If somethings works it has done what it was supposed to do.
If my computer didn't work I couldn't type this.
I'm glad our plan worked.
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How something works is how it does what it does.
I would like to know more about how cars work.
The rules here just do not work that way.
work
Noun
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Your work is your job.
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Work is effort it takes to do something. That is, its what makes you tired when you do something hard.
Moving heavy logs takes a lot of work.
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Work is force through a distance (force times distance). This is how much energy you used to move something.
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A work is the product of something, the result of working on it. That is, its something someone has made.
The painting was a great work of art.
Shakespeare wrote many literary works.