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working

Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːkɪŋ/

The English word “working” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Operation; action.
  2. Method of operation.
  3. The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
  4. Fermentation.
  5. Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
  6. A place where work is carried on.
  7. A train movement.

adjective

  1. That is or are functioning.
  2. That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
  3. In paid employment.
  4. Of or relating to employment.
  5. Enough to allow one to use something.
  6. Used in real life; practical.
  7. Efficacious.

Etymology

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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