working

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
• Syn:
workings
• Hypernyms:
excavation

II - adjective

1. actively engaged in paid work (Freq. 7)
- the working population
- the ratio of working men to unemployed
- a working mother
- robots can be on the job day and night
• Syn:
on the job
• Similar to:
employed
2. adequate for practical use;
especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something (Freq. 2)
- the party has a working majority in the House
- a working knowledge of Spanish
• Similar to:
practical
3. adopted as a temporary basis for further work (Freq. 1)
- a working draft
- a working hypothesis
• Similar to:
impermanent, temporary
4. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing (Freq. 1)
- in running (or working) order
- a functional set of brakes
• Syn:
running, operative, functional
• Similar to:
functioning
• Derivationally related forms:
functionality (for: functional), operate (for: operative)
5. serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity (Freq. 1)
- discussed the working draft of a peace treaty
- they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects
• Similar to:
operative

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  running(a), operative, functional, working(a), on the job(p), workings