working
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arithmetic
Etymology: From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyrċing (“working”), verbal noun of wyrċan (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.
Base: work
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: workings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Operation; action.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
uncountable
gloss: Method of operation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Be sure to check your working.
gloss: Fermentation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A place where work is carried on.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the abandoned mine workings
gloss: A train movement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: From time to time the coaches of the Lötschberg Railway itself, which in comfort and décor can rank with the finest in Europe today, travel far from the frontiers of Switzerland on through workings such as these.
gloss: That is or are functioning.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a working ventilator
gloss: That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a working copy of the script
a working title
gloss: In paid employment.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Working mothers have recently joined the factory's workforce.
gloss: Of or relating to employment.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the working week
gloss: Enough to allow one to use something.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: have a working knowledge of computers
gloss: Used in real life; practical.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens.
gloss: Efficacious.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: You ſee my Lord, what woorking woordes hee hath.
But when you ſee his actions ſtop ^([sic – meaning top]) his ſpeech,
Your ſpeech will ſtay, or ſo extol his worth,
As I ſhalbe commended and excuſde
For turning my poore charge to his direction.
Synonyms: up:
provisional
temporary
in employment
Antonyms: broken
broken-down
down:
Related words: work
Derived words: cold working
empty stock working
even working
homeworking
home working
hybrid working
leather working
miracle-working
misworking
permissive working
sex working
trip working
vibe working
warm working
working capital requirement
working horse
working lunch
working visit
working alive
working beam
working bee
working capital
working class
working conditions
working day
working definition
working directory
working dog
working drawing
working end
working environment
working family
working farm
working from home
working girl
working group
working hours
working hypothesis
working knowledge
working language
working life
working majority
working mass
working memory
working order
working papers
working part
working party
working poor
working pressure
working proof
working sail
working set
working stiff
working-storage section
working terrier
working time
working timetable
working title
working vocabulary
working week
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