working
/ˈwɝkɪŋ/ adjective B1- That is or are functioning. · a working ventilator
- That suffices but requires additional work; provisional. · a working copy of the script· a working title
- In paid employment. · Working mothers have recently joined the factory's workforce.
- Of or relating to employment. · the working week
- Enough to allow one to use something. · have a working knowledge of computers
- Used in real life; practical. · The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens.
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Come over here now!” He seized me by the coat-sleeve in his eagerness, and drew me over to the table at which he had been working.
We left him working among his chemicals, and we walked together towards my hotel.
The housekeeper’s room was rather nearer to the front of the house than the pantry in which Ames had been working.
“A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the hospital.
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