Meaning of working order | Babel Free

Definitions

The state or condition of being operational or of functioning acceptably.

especially, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[T]he Commission got itself into systematic working order, and for weeks the contributions flowed into its treasury in a generous stream.”

“The engine was in working order.”

“The locomotive stock consists of three of the six original American-built 4-6-0 tanks, named Bridget, Peggy, and Hummy, all in clean condition and good working order; [...].”

“The Hedjaz Railway is best known for its connections to T. E. Lawrence, whose fame as "El Orens", the railway wrecker, spread quickly throughout Arabia. He arrived at Yenbo in December, 1916, and immediately started his campaign to sabotage the railway, but to keep it sufficiently in working order to allow supplies to reach Medina.”

“Each coach on the Swedish Yoa2 is 57ft long and 10ft 4in wide; with its two traction motors the unit weighs 79 tons in working order and has a maximum speed of under 60 m.p.h.”

“Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.”

“The Pentagon's plans assumed that Iraq's industrial base and utilities were in working order.”

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