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workings

noun

(usually in the plural) Operation; action.

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
W
Ends with
S
Contains
OR
Scrabble score
16
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

noun

  1. (usually in the plural) Operation; action.

  2. Method of operation.

  3. The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.

    “Be sure to check your working.”

  4. Fermentation.

  5. (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.

  6. A place where work is carried on.

    “the abandoned mine workings”

noun

  1. The internal mechanism of some device or system.

  2. The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.

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Example Sentences

Be sure to check your working.
the abandoned mine workings
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