Meaning of Working | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from German.
2. Operation; action.
   countable, plural-normally, uncountable
3. A surname from German
4. The way in which a machine or other thing performs or functions.Often used in plural:behavior, functioning, operation, performance, reaction.
5. Method of operation.
   countable, uncountable
6. Performing work: a working committee.
7. The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
   countable, uncountable
8. Having a paying job; employed: working mothers.
9. Fermentation.
   countable, uncountable
10. Spent at work: a working life of 40 years.
11. Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
    countable, uncountable
12. Sufficient to allow action: a working majority.
13. A place where work is carried on.
    countable, uncountable
14. Serving as a basis or guide for further work: a working hypothesis.
15. A train movement.
    countable
16. The manner in which something operates or functions: the workings of the mind.
17. The parts of a mine or quarry that have been or are being excavated.
18. the operation or mode of operation of something
19. the act or process of moulding something pliable

Equivalents

Examples

“Be sure to check your working.”

“the abandoned mine workings”

“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.”

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