working


Definition: Meaning of, working in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈwəːkɪŋ /

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  1. having a job that you are paid for [↪  employed]
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  2. old-fashioned having a physical or practical job
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  3. working hours/day/week the time that people spend doing their job
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  4. working day a day of the week when most people work. In Britain and the US this is usually Monday to Friday [=  workday]
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  5. working conditions/environment etc the situation in which you work, especially the physical things such as pay or safety
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  6. working practices/methods the way in which you do your job
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  7. working life the part of your adult life when you have a paid job
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  8. (in) working order working properly and not broken
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  9. working relationship the way that people work together
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  10. a working knowledge of something enough knowledge of a system, subject, language etc to be able to use it or to do a particular job
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  11. working clothes also work clothes clothes which you wear for work or are designed for people to work in
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  12. working model a model that has parts that move
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  13. working parts the parts of a machine that move
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  14. working definition/theory/title a DEFINITION, idea etc that may not be exactly right but is good enough to use when you start working on something
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  15. working majority British English enough support in parliament for a government to continue making laws and ruling a country
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  16. working breakfast/lunch/dinner a breakfast, lunch etc which is also a business meeting
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  17. working memory technical the part of a person's or computer's memory which stores information about the thing being worked on now
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  1. [singular] also workings the way something such as a system, piece of equipment, or organization works
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  2. flexible/short-time etc working a particular way of working, especially relating to the hours which someone works
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  3. [countable usually plural] a mine or part of a mine where soil has been dug out in order to remove metals or stone [↪  quarry]
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working used in phrases

  • hard-working (adjective)
    1. working with a lot of effort
  • remote working (noun)
    1. when people do their work at home, using a computer that is connected to the computer system in an office [=  homeworking]
  • working agreement (noun)
    1. an informal agreement to work together
  • working capital (noun)
    1. the money that is available to be used for the costs of a business
  • working class (noun)
    1. the group of people in society who traditionally do physical work and do not have much money or power
  • working day (noun)
    1. a day on which work is done
    2. the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
  • working dog (noun)
    1. any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs
  • working girl (noun)
    1. a woman who has sex for money - used when you want to avoid saying this directly [=  prostitute]
  • working group (noun)
    1. a group that is formed to examine a particular situation or problem and suggest ways of dealing with it [=  working party]
  • working memory (noun)
    1. memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking
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