working

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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

Verb

present participle and gerund of work

Adj

1. (not-comparable) That is or are functioning.
2. (not-comparable) That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
3. (not-comparable) In paid employment.
4. (not-comparable) Of or relating to employment.
5. (not-comparable) Enough to allow one to use something.
6. (not-comparable) Used in real life; practical.
7. (not-comparable, obsolete) Efficacious.

work

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Concetti

funzionamento

funzionante

lavoro

loborioso

lavorativo

sforzo

trattamento

in funzione

dolore

lavorando

opera

punizione

servizio

sinonimi

operation

work

functioning

active

running

🏃

effective

performance

functional

processing

exertion

attempt

handling

endeavour

operative

effort

acting

circulating

exploitation

busy

labour

toiling

doing

action

approach

on the job

going

use

function

treatment

tillage

trouble

workings

raising

advance

rudimentary

operating

operational

working-class

effect

author

doer

at work

adequate

distress

démarche

cultivation

grassroots

competent

attendance

adapting

Traduzioni

funcional

atılım

Versuch

Bemühung

Mühsal

Mühe

marche

ouvrier

werkend

bewerking

fonctionnement

moeite

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɜːkɪŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: werking

Ereditato da inglese antico: wyrċing

Affine scozzese: wirking

Affine olandese: werking

Affine tedesco: Wirkung

Ereditato da inglese medio: workyng

Ereditato da inglese antico: wyrċende

Affine scozzese: wirkand

Affine olandese: werkend

Affine tedesco: wirkend

In summary

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.

Frasi

My daughter , you want to prevent us from working ?

Mia figlia, vuoi impedirci di lavorare?

He supposedly was working that day .

Presumibilmente stava lavorando quel giorno.

Paul would be working in Nottingham .

Paul avrebbe lavorato a Nottingham.

The thing's not working !

He was also member of Congress Working Committee and Central Parliamentary Board .

Era anche membro del Comitato di lavoro del Congresso e del Consiglio parlamentare centrale.

Since then Walser has been working as a freelance author .

Da allora Walser ha lavorato come autore freelance.