working
That is or are functioningThat is or are functioning.
» Understand the inner workings of you.
Meaning
7 senses(not comparable)That is or are functioning.
a working ventilator
работоспособныйrabotosposobnyj, рабо́чийrabóčij
(not comparable)That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
a working copy of the script
a working title
рабочийrabočij, рабочаяrabočaja, рабочееrabočeje
(not comparable)In paid employment.
Working mothers have recently joined the factory's workforce.
работающийrabotajuščij, работающаяrabotajuščaja, работающееrabotajuščeje
actively engaged in paid work
(not comparable)Of or relating to employment.
the working week
(not comparable)Enough to allow one to use something.
have a working knowledge of computers
(not comparable)Used in real life; practical.
The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens.
(not comparable, obsolete)Efficacious.
Examples
11 sentencesUnderstand the inner workings of you.
You need to understand your inner workings.
Do you understand the inner workings of a car?
You have to understand the inner workings of yourself.
Sami knows everything about the inner workings of this organization.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English workyng, wirkynge, worchinge, werchinge, workinde, wirkand, worchende,From Middle English workyng, wirkynge, worchinge, werchinge, workinde, wirkand, worchende, wurchende, from Old English wyrċende, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).
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Synonyms
13 synonyms- actively engaged in paid work:on the job
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing:runningoperativefunctional