working

Meaning

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

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

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

Translations

funzionamento

Versuch

Bemühung

atılım

Mühsal

Mühe

funcional

werkend

ouvrier

marche

fonctionnement

poging

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɜːkɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: werking

Inherited from Old English: wyrċing

Cognate with Scots: wirking

Cognate with Dutch: werking

Cognate with German: Wirkung

Inherited from Middle English: workyng

Inherited from Old English: wyrċende

Cognate with Scots: wirkand

Cognate with Dutch: werkend

Cognate with German: 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.

Sentences

My daughter , you want to prevent us from working ?

He supposedly was working that day .

Paul would be working in Nottingham .

The thing's not working !

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

Since then Walser has been working as a freelance author .