work#3 (v)
act#6 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def have an effect or outcome
def often the one desired or expected
examples The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought
How does your idea work in practice?
This method doesn't work
The breaks of my new car act quickly
The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 4 Something is ----ing PP
Outgoing links
Verb Group bring, work, play, wreak, make for
Hypernym succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Derivationally related form work → workable
Derivationally related form work → work
Incoming links
Derivationally related form workable → work
Derivationally related form work → work
Verb Group bring, work, play, wreak, make for
Hyponym succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

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