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Working

//ˈwɜːkɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That is or are functioning. not-comparable

    "a working ventilator"

  2. 2
    That suffices but requires additional work; provisional. not-comparable

    "a working copy of the script"

  3. 3
    In paid employment. not-comparable

    "Working mothers have recently joined the factory's workforce."

  4. 4
    Of or relating to employment. not-comparable

    "the working week"

  5. 5
    Enough to allow one to use something. not-comparable

    "a working knowledge of computers"

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  1. 6
    Used in real life; practical. not-comparable

    "The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens."

  2. 7
    Efficacious. not-comparable, obsolete

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity wordnet
  2. 2
    actively engaged in paid work wordnet
  3. 3
    (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing wordnet
  4. 4
    adopted as a temporary basis for further work wordnet
  5. 5
    adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    Operation; action. countable, plural-normally, uncountable
  2. 2
    a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked wordnet
  3. 3
    Method of operation. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. countable, uncountable

    "Be sure to check your working."

  5. 5
    Fermentation. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Becoming full of a vegetable substance. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A place where work is carried on. countable, uncountable

    "the abandoned mine workings"

  3. 8
    A train movement. countable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of work form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Leave him alone; he’s working."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English workyng, wirkynge, worchinge, werchinge, workinde, wirkand, worchende, wurchende, from Old English wyrċende, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English workyng, wirkynge, worchinge, werchinge, workinde, wirkand, worchende, wurchende, from Old English wyrċende, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).

Etymology 4

Probably an Americanized form of German Werking.

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