working

work·ing  (wûrkng)

adj.

1.

a. Performing work: a working committee.

b. Operating or functioning as required: a working flashlight.

2. Having a paying job; employed: working mothers.

3.

a. Spent at work: a working life of 40 years.

b. Taken while continuing to work: a working vacation.

4.

a. Sufficient to allow action: a working majority.

b. Adequate for practical use: a working knowledge of Spanish.

5. Serving as a basis or guide for further work: a working hypothesis.

n.

1. The manner in which something operates or functions. Often used in the plural: the workings of the mind.

2. The parts of a mine or quarry that have been or are being excavated. Often used in the plural.

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working

Adjective

1. having a job: the working mother

2. concerned with, used in, or suitable for work: working conditions

3. capable of being operated or used: a working mechanism

Noun

1. a part of a mine or quarry that is or has been used

2. workings the way that something works: the workings of the human brain

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	working - a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked workings excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating
Adj.	1.	working - 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" on the job employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"
	2.	working - 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" practical - concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
	3.	working - adopted as a temporary basis for further work; "a working draft"; "a working hypothesis" impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
	4.	working - (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" operative, running, functional functioning - performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"
	5.	working - 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" operative - being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"

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working

adjective 1. employed, labouring, in work, in a job

adjective 2. functioning, going, running, operating, active, operative, operational, functional, usable, serviceable, in working order

adjective 3. effective, useful, practical, sufficient, adequate

noun 4. operation, running, action, method, functioning, manner, mode of operation

plural noun 5. mine, pit, shaft, quarry, excavations, diggings

Translations

working [ˈwəːkɪŋ] adj [day, week] → laborable; [tools, conditions, clothes] → de trabajo; [wife] → que trabaja; [partner] → activo

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working [ˈwəːkɪŋ] adj [day, tools etc, conditions] → de travail; [wife] → qui travaille; [partner, population] → actif/ive;

in working order → en état de marche;

a working knowledge of English → une connaissance toute pratique de l'anglais

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working [ˈwəːkɪŋ] work adj [day, conditions] → Arbeits-; [population] → arbeitend; [mother] → berufstätig;

a working knowledge of English work (= adequate); Grundkenntnisse in Englisch

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working [ˈwəːkɪŋ] adj [day] → feriale; [tools, conditions] → di lavoro; [clothes] → da lavoro; [wife] → che lavora; [partner] → attivo/a;

in working order → funzionante;

working knowledge → conoscenza pratica