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US
/ˈwɝkɪŋ/
]
[ UK /wˈɜːkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /wˈɜːkɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
a functional set of brakes
in running (or working) order -
actively engaged in paid work
a working mother
robots can be on the job day and night
the ratio of working men to unemployed
the working population -
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 -
adopted as a temporary basis for further work
a working draft
a working hypothesis -
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
NOUN
- a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
How To Use working In A Sentence
- Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others continued working.
- In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing.
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
- Could be that, or maybe she's a little wigged out working in an office full of blabbermouths.
- It was a beautiful wooden skiff, with a little outboard motor, perfect for his part-time second occupation of working a few pots to catch crustacea to sell to local pubs and restaurants.
- A couple of phone calls, arranged by a deep-sea diver I came to know while working on a story on the Miskito Coast of Nicaragua, led me to an alternately boastful and paranoidly surreptitious man named Steve. The Lampshade
- The interesting thing about a supercomputer with a lot of processors in it is that it is, in some ways, no different to a cluster of computers, communicating through a network, and working together on a single application.
- Since then neither the printer nor wireless internet router appeared to be working. Times, Sunday Times
- There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging.
- · The tailstock quill is brought into working position (Fig. 14) whereby special attention must be given to quill cleanliness. 3. Preparations for thread cutting by dies and taps