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Meaning of the works in English

the works

phrase informal
everything that you might want or expect to find in a particular situation:
with the works mainly US And can I have two large pizzas with the works (= with all available types of food on top).
We both had starters, a main course, and a dessert - the works!
I had a facial, a massage, my eyebrows fixed, my nails done - the works.
It was a super-expensive hotel with the whole works: a swimming pool, gym, steam and sauna room, tennis courts.

works

phrase [ C ] plural works
an industrial building, especially one where a lot of people are employed:
a steel/iron works
My grandfather was a director at the iron works just outside the city.
A blast furnace at the lead works exploded, killing five.
The cement works had closed down many decades before.
It was one of the biggest steel works in the whole of Europe and employed thousands of local people.

works

phrase [ plural ]
the parts of a machine, especially those that move:
If you take the back off this clock, you can see its/the works.
You can see the reactor's works in minute detail on the screen.
She tried to explain to me the works of a jet engine.
It was fascinating to have a glimpse into the supercomputer's works.
(Definition of the works from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

works | American Dictionary

works
plural noun
us/wɜrks/
infml
all the extra things that may be offered with something:
This camera came with a carrying case, zoom lens, tripod – the works.
the parts of a machine, esp. the parts that move
(Definition of the works from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

works | Business English

works
uk/wɜːks/ us
→  work noun
(Definition of the works from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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He would translate several works written in such languages.
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The main target market of the works is schools.
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The first works were dominated by syair, hikayat and translations of western novels.
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He was more of a speculator than an experimenter, and published many works on chemistry and related disciplines.
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The collection contained works published from 1986 until 2005.
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Subsequent to these two pioneering nineteenth century works, only sporadic descriptions were published in foreign publications.
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After he returned he found himself more and more in demand, to conduct, prepare his earlier works for publication, and, as before, to teach.
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