Paperwork Meaning
/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounRoutine work involving written documents.
nounWritten documents.
Sentence Examples
We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
They took away all of our paperwork.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The job required filling out a mountain of ____ for the federal government.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She spent the entire afternoon completing the ____ required to register the new business.
Word Origin & History
From paper + work.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed."
— 2016 September 1, Ellie Kaufman, “University of Kentucky sues student newspaper over sexual assault case”, in CNN:
"Greatly you haue boaſted of, and much threatned theſe two places, (for euery later paperwork of yours is but a Tautology of the former) […]"
— 1599, “Prov[erbs] 14. 3. In the mouth a foole is the rod of pride.”, in Master [Hugh] Broughtons Letters, […] Answered in Their Kind, London: […] [Felix Kingston for] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC, section 9, page 32:
"However, except for few experimental paperworks by Jackson Pollock on paper made by Douglass Howell and occasional prints, usually woodcuts or wood engravings on Japanese paper, it is only in the late 1950s and early 1960s that editions of prints on beautiful handmade papers began appearing, published by Tatyana Grosman at the Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island."
— 1978 March, Robert Flynn Johnson, “History of Experimentation in Paper”, in Paulette Long, Robert Levering, editors, Paper—Art & Technology: The History and Methods of Fine Papermaking with a Gallery of Contemporary Paper Art, San Francsico, Calif.: World Print Council, published 1979, 2nd printing (1981), →ISBN, “Experimental Approaches to Paper in Art: A Panel Discussion” section, page 88, column 1:
"In listing dimensions for the paperworks, height precedes width, followed by depth; and dimensions for multi-unit pieces are for the entire work."
— 1986, Jane Glaubinger, “Note”, in Paper Now: Bent, Molded, and Manipulated, Cleveland, Oh.: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, →ISBN, copyright page:
"Rob Moore is nationally and internationally known for his painting and for his paperworks."
— 1989 March 30, “Gallery 410”, in Connector, Lowell, Mass.: University of Lowell, page 8, column 3:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The job required filling out a mountain of ____ for the federal government.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She spent the entire afternoon completing the ____ required to register the new business.