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Meaning of "working" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORKING

working  [ˈwɜːkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Working can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WORKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Working

Working may refer to: ▪ Employment ▪ Working, a 1978 musical ▪ Working, a situation comedy ▪ Working, a book by Studs Terkel ▪ Working!!, a manga by Karino Takatsu ▪ Holbrook Working, statistician and economist ▪ Working the system, using the rules and procedures meant to protect a system in order, instead, to manipulate the system for a desired outcome ▪ Cold working, the strengthening of a metal by plastic deformation ▪ Hot working, processes where metals are plastically deformed above their recrystallization temperature ▪ Multiple working, having more than one locomotive hauling a train under the control of one driver ▪ Live-line working, the maintenance of electrical equipment, often operating at high voltage, while the equipment is energised ▪ Single-line working, using one train track out of two...

Definition of working in the English dictionary

The first definition of working in the dictionary is the operation or mode of operation of something. Other definition of working is the act or process of moulding something pliable. Working is also a convulsive or jerking motion, as from excitement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WORKING


freaking
ˈfriːkɪŋ
homeworking
ˈhəʊmˌwɜːkɪŋ
interworking
ˌɪntəˈwɜːkɪŋ
inworking
ˈɪnˌwɜːkɪŋ
jerking
ˈdʒɜːkɪŋ
lurking
ˈlɜːkɪŋ
marking
ˈmɑːkɪŋ
metalworking
ˈmɛtəlˌwɜːkɪŋ
networking
ˈnɛtˌwɜːkɪŋ
nonworking
nɒnˈwɜːkɪŋ
parking
ˈpɑːkɪŋ
reworking
ˌriːˈwɜːkɪŋ
smirking
ˈsmɜːkɪŋ
speaking
ˈspiːkɪŋ
steelworking
ˈstiːlˌwɜːkɪŋ
talking
ˈtɔːkɪŋ
teleworking
ˈtɛlɪˌwɜːkɪŋ
walking
ˈwɔːkɪŋ
wonder-working
ˈwʌndəˌwɜːkɪŋ
woodworking
ˈwʊdˌwɜːkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORKING

workhouse
working bee
working capital
working class
working day
working dog
working drawing
Working Families Tax Credit
working fluid
working girl
working group
working holiday
working hypotheses
working hypothesis
working man
working memory
working men´s club
working papers
working party
working relationship

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORKING

banking
barking
benchmarking
corking
Dorking
double marking
double parking
grid networking
hard-working
man-to-man marking
off-street parking
on-street parking
overking
sarking
short-time working
skylarking
social notworking
speed networking
underking
valet parking

Synonyms and antonyms of working in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WORKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «working» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of working

Translation of «working» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORKING

Find out the translation of working to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of working from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «working» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有工作的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

activo
570 millions of speakers

English

working
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काम कर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

работы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

que trabalha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

qui travaille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bekerja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

class=´var´>W
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

仕事を持った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggarap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm việc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काम करीत आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çalışma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

che lavora
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

роботи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de lucru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργασίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeider
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of working

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKING»

The term «working» is very widely used and occupies the 677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «working» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «working» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about working

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORKING»

Discover the use of working in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to working and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They ...
Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, from a policeman to a piano tuner, this book provides an enduring portrait of people's feelings about their working lives.
Studs Terkel, 2013
2
Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing ...
In this powerful book, Herminia Ibarra presents a new model for career reinvention that flies in the face of everything we've learned from "career experts.
Herminia Ibarra, 2003
3
Working Memory and Education[Texte Imprimé]
This book is a valuable resource for psychologists, educationalists, and anyone seeking to understand more about the cognitive basis of educational achievement in children. * It brings together in one volume information that would normally ...
Susan J. Pickering, 2006
4
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
This updated edition includes a new chapter exploring the causes and consequences of the UK riots in the summer of 2011.
Owen Jones, 2012
5
Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes
Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes is both a celebration and commemoration of working class culture.
Laurajane Smith, Paul Shackel, Gary Campbell, 2012
6
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling ...
New in this edition: Coverage of the latest Semantic Web tools for organizing, querying, and processing information – see details in TOC below Detailed information on the latest ontologies used in key web applications including ecommerce, ...
Dean Allemang, James Hendler, 2011
7
Working With Conflict: Skills and Strategies for Action
This source book is for people working in areas affected by conflict and violence.
Simon Fisher, 2000
8
Working Feminism
Working Feminism looks at key concepts and debates within feminist theory and puts them to work concretely in relation to the real problems faced by Filipina domestic workers and Asian youth in Canada.
Geraldine Pratt, 2004
9
The Making of the English Working Class
E. P. Thompson shows how the English working class emerged through the degradations of the industrial revolution to create a culture and political consciousness of enormous vitality.
E. P. Thompson, 2002
10
Working the Skies: The Fast-paced, Disorienting World of the ...
Based on interviews with over sixty flight attendants, both female and male labor leaders, and and drawing upon his observations while flying across the country and overseas, Drew Whitelegg reveals a much more complicated profession, one ...
Drew Whitelegg, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term working is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Poor children: more are in working families, study says
Rising employment meant more children lived with working parents. But the real income of working families fell - so the proportion of poor children in working ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Working memory can predict sexual risk-taking in adolescents
Weaker working memory was associated with increased risky behavior, but researchers said intervention can help adolescents develop better self-control. «UPI.com, Jun 15»
3
Most Canadians plan to semi-retire or never stop working, poll finds
A new survey suggests more than half of Canadians either plan to ease into retirement by working reduced hours before hanging it up for good or have no plans ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
4
Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue
The duets album is often a stroke session that involves a minimum of thought — but not for Van Morrison. Duets is as cantankerous and eccentric as any of the ... «RollingStone.com, Mar 15»
5
Working Longer Hours Can Mean Drinking More
Around the world, people working long hours are more likely to drink too much, according to a study that analyzed data from 61 studies involving 333,693 people ... «NPR, Jan 15»
6
Working more than 48 hours per week makes you 'more likely to be …
The European Working Time Directive gives people the right to work no more than 48 ... Past studies have found a link between working longer hours and 'risky' ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
7
Why Working at Night Boosts the Risk of Early Death
Sleep isn't just a time to rest and give your body and brain a break. It's a critical biological function that restores and replenishes important body systems. Now ... «TIME, Jan 15»
8
The anti-retirement plan: Working 9-to-5 past 65
Hyman is among a growing group of people working full time beyond age 65, generally considered full retirement age. As of September, 60 percent of workers ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»
9
The 100 Best Companies For Working Moms
To compile the list, which is now in its twenty-ninth year, Working Mother surveyed more than 200 companies on their leave policies, workforce representation, ... «Business Insider, Sep 14»
10
40 Years After 'Working,' A View From The Driver's Seat
The result was Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. When it was published in 1974 it became a ... «NPR, Sep 14»

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