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working
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w??k??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?k??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k??
- Hyphenation: work?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyr?ung (“working, work”), verbal noun of wyr?an (“to work”), equivalent to work +? -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.
Noun
working (countable and uncountable, plural workings)
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Method of operation.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- Fermentation.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- A place where work is carried on.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English workyng, wirkynge, worchinge, werchinge, workinde, wirkand, worchende, wurchende, from Old English wyr?ende, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wurkijan? (“to work”), equivalent to work +? -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).
Verb
working
- present participle of work
Adjective
working (not comparable)
- That is or are functioning.
- That suffices but requires additional work.
- In paid employment.
- Of or relating to employment.
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- a working knowledge of computers
- Used in real life; practical.
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):
Derived terms
Hyponyms
- known-working
Translations
Related terms
- work
References
- working in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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laborious
English
Alternative forms
- labourious (obsolete)
- laborous (obsolete)
- labourous (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??b???i?s/
- Rhymes: -???i?s
Adjective
laborious (comparative more laborious, superlative most laborious)
- Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
- Mentally difficult; painstaking.
- Industrious.
Synonyms
- (requiring effort): painstaking, toilsome, worksome
Derived terms
- laboriously
Related terms
- labor, labour
Translations
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