Working
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ÉœË(r)kɪŋ
Origin 1
From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyrcung ("working, work"), verbal noun of wyrcan ("to work"), equivalent to work + -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.
Full definition of working
Noun
working
(plural workings)- (usually plural) Operation; action.
- Method of operation.
- Fermentation.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
Origin 2
From work + -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand ("working"), Dutch werkend ("working, acting"), German wirkend ("acting, working").
Verb
working- Present participle of workLeave him alone; he's working.
Adjective
working- That is or are functioning.a working ventilator
- That suffices but requires additional work.a working copy of the script
- In paid employment.working mothers
- Of or relating to employment.the working week
- Enough to allow one to use something.a working knowledge of computers
Synonyms
- (functioning): functioning; up (mainly used of computers)
- (that suffices but requires further work): draft, provisional, temporary
- (in paid employment): employed, in employment
- (of or relating to employment): work
- (enough to allow one to use something): basic
Antonyms
- (functioning): broken, broken-down, down (mainly used of computers)