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working
[ wur-king ]
noun
- the act of a person or thing that works.
- operation; action:
the involuted workings of his mind.
- the process of shaping a material:
The working of clay is easy when it's damp.
- the act of manufacturing or building a thing.
- Usually workings. a part of a mine, quarry, or the like, in which work is carried on.
- the process of fermenting, as of yeasts.
- a slow advance involving exertion.
- disturbed or twisting motions:
The working of his limbs revealed the disease.
- repeated movement or strain tending to loosen a structural assembly or part.
adjective
- that works.
- doing some form of work or labor, especially manual, mechanical, or industrial work, as for a living:
a working person.
- operating; producing effects, results, etc.
- pertaining to, connected with, or used in operating or working.
- serving to permit or facilitate continued work:
a working model; a working majority.
- adequate for usual or customary needs:
a working knowledge of Spanish.
a working sample.
- done, taken, etc., while conducting or discussing business:
a working lunch.
working
/ ˈwɜːkɪŋ /
noun
- the operation or mode of operation of something
- the act or process of moulding something pliable
- a convulsive or jerking motion, as from excitement
- often plural a part of a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
- plural the whole system of excavations in a mine
- a record of the steps by which the result of a calculation or the solution of a problem is obtained
all working is to be submitted to the examiners
- rare.slow advance against or as if against resistance
adjective
- relating to or concerned with a person or thing that works
a working man
- concerned with, used in, or suitable for work
working clothes
- (of a meal or occasion) during which business discussions are carried on
working breakfast
working lunch
- capable of being operated or used
a working model
- sufficiently large or accurate to be useful or to accomplish a desired end
a working majority
a working knowledge of German
- (of a theory, etc) providing a basis, usually a temporary one, on which operations or procedures may be carried out
Other Words From
- self-working adjective
- un·working adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
A July working paper out of the National Bureau of Economic Research reported substantial learning gains among participants in 96 programs lasting 10 weeks to a year, with mostly low, often 1-to-1, student-tutor ratios.
The 8th District takes in South Boston, a historically working-class and Irish American community.
Publishers can’t predict how much longer the peaks will last, especially since plenty of remote working and home decor purchases — monitors, treadmills, desks — are one-time purchases.
Reports have criticized unsafe working conditions in Amazon warehouses and some workers in Minneapolis even went on strike on Prime Day last year.
Long-entrenched views on such things as remote working and digitization have changed.
Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
Take the chief metric of the war in Vietnam—body counts, which ultimately did not answer whether the strategy was working.
I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.
He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
The brokers then scout out potential “crew members” who can earn substantial discounts for working the journey.
Beginning with single twigs and working over them patiently she at length painted whole trees, and later animals.
Not only have its fundamental principles been fully vindicated but in most details the working of the measure has been successful.
The universal ignorance of the working class broke down the aspiring force of genius.
All possibility of a general increase of wages depended on the relation of available capital to the numbers of the working men.
With hands nervously working within her muff, she suddenly missed the handkerchief which she had placed there.
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