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English adjective: working | |||
| 1. | working actively engaged in paid work | ||
| Samples | The working population. The ratio of working men to unemployed. A working mother. Robots can be on the job day and night. | ||
| Synonyms | on the job | ||
| Similar | employed | ||
| Antonyms | unemployed | ||
| 2. | working adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something | ||
| Samples | The party has a working majority in the House. A working knowledge of Spanish. | ||
| Similar | practical | ||
| Antonyms | impractical | ||
| 3. | working adopted as a temporary basis for further work | ||
| Samples | A working draft. A working hypothesis. | ||
| Similar | impermanent, temporary | ||
| Antonyms | lasting, permanent | ||
| 4. | working (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | ||
| Samples | In running (or working) order. A functional set of brakes. | ||
| Synonyms | functional, operative, running | ||
| Similar | functioning | ||
| Antonyms | malfunctioning, nonfunctional | ||
| 5. | working serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity | ||
| Samples | Discussed the working draft of a peace treaty. They need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects. | ||
| Similar | operative | ||
| Antonyms | inoperative | ||
English noun: working | |||
| 1. | working (artifact) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | ||
| Synonyms | workings | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excavation | ||
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