Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)Operation; action.

    действиеdejstvije, функционированиеfunkcionirovanije

  2. (countable, uncountable)Method of operation.

    Ansatz

    действиеdejstvije, оперированиеoperirovanije, обработкаobrabotka

  3. (countable, uncountable)The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.

    Be sure to check your working.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Fermentation.

    ферментацияfermentacija

  5. (countable, uncountable)Becoming full of a vegetable substance.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A place where work is carried on.

    the abandoned mine workings

  7. (countable)A train movement.

More definitions
  • a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Understand the inner workings of you.

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  2. You need to understand your inner workings.

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  3. Do you understand the inner workings of a car?

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  4. You have to understand the inner workings of yourself.

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  5. Sami knows everything about the inner workings of this organization.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
operation; action:
method of operation:
fermentation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
method of operation:

Origin

From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyrċing (“wor

From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyrċing (“working”), verbal noun of wyrċan (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.

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