working

Noun · Adjective
US[wur-king]/ˈwɝkɪŋ/2 syllables
Synonyms: workingson the jobrunningoperativefunctional

Open English WordNet

Adjective (5)

  1. actively engaged in paid work“the working population”“the ratio of working men to unemployed”“a working mother”“robots can be on the job day and night”Synonyms: on the jobOpposite unemployedSimilar employed
  2. adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something“the party has a working majority in the House”“a working knowledge of Spanish”Opposite impracticalSimilar practical
  3. adopted as a temporary basis for further work“a working draft”“a working hypothesis”Opposite lastingSimilar impermanent, temporary
  4. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing“in running (or working) order”“a functional set of brakes”Synonyms: runningoperativefunctionalOpposite malfunctioningSimilar functioning
  5. serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity“discussed the working draft of a peace treaty”“they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects”Opposite inoperativeSimilar operative

Noun (1)workings

  1. a mine or quarry that is being or has been workedSynonyms: workingsType of excavation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Work′ing,

a & n. from Work.

The word must cousin be to the working.— Geoffrey Chaucer

Working beam. See Beam, noun 10. — Working class, the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; — chiefly used in the plural. — Working day. See under Day, noun — Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings. — Working house, a house where work is performed; a workhouse. — Working point Machinery, that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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