working

Forms

Plural: workings

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.Operation; action.
- I thought that you were working.
- I hate working out, but I know it’s good for one's health.
- Who are you working for?
2.Method of operation.
- I thought that you were working.
- I hate working out, but I know it’s good for one's health.
- Who are you working for?
3.The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- Be sure to check your working.
4.Fermentation.
- I thought that you were working.
- I hate working out, but I know it’s good for one's health.
- Who are you working for?

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.present participle and gerund of work
- Leave him alone; he’s working.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.That is or are functioning.
2.That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
3.In paid employment.
- Working mothers have recently joined the factory's workforce.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2882

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Word family

work

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.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.