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Definition of "working" []

  • Performing work: a working committee. (adjective)
  • Operating or functioning as required: a working flashlight. (adjective)
  • Having a paying job; employed: working mothers. (adjective)
  • Spent at work: a working life of 40 years. (adjective)
  • Taken while continuing to work: a working vacation. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "working" in a sentence
  • "“The editors figured, We're all working really hard, so let's put in a word that means ‘working really hard.'"
  • "“But, ” he added, his voice trembling with indignation, “while I have been contriving and working that my father may have some peace of mind before he dies, —working for the respectability of our family, —you have done all you can to destroy both."
  • "The entering of all these particulars in the log-book is termed _keeping the dead reckoning_, and the working out of the calculations just referred to is called _working up the days work_."