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Working

Working Meaning & Definition
Working Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Working?

[n] a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
[adj] serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity; "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects"
[adj] adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something; "the party has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge of Spanish"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Working: operative | practical | workings

Related Terms | Find terms related to Working:

See Also | excavation | hole in the ground

Working In Webster's Dictionary

\Work"ing\, a & n. from {Work}. The word must cousin be to the working. --Chaucer. {Working beam}. See {Beam}, n. 10. {Working class}, the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; -- chiefly used in the plural. {Working day}. See under {Day}, n. {Working drawing}, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings. {Working house}, a house where work is performed; a workhouse. {Working point} (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.

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