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单词 outworking
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outworkingn.

Brit. /ˈaʊtˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌwərkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, working n.
Etymology: < out- prefix + working n. With sense 1b compare outwork n. 4, outworker n., outworking adj. With sense 2 compare to work out at work v. Phrasal verbs 1, outwork v.
1.
a. The carrying out of farm or domestic work away from the main residence, as in an outhouse or outbuilding. (In quot. attributive). Obsolete. rare.
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1649 W. Bullock Virginia impartially Examined 59 I do not advise that at any hand you suffer them [sc. Indians] to come into your house, or any further then your field or out-working houses.
b. The carrying out of work at a distance from an employer's premises. Cf. outwork n. 4.
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society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > other types of working
self-employment1834
sweating1843
homeworking1844
clock-watching1860
freelancing1879
guinea-pigging1887
outworking1918
sniping1951
sunlighting1961
temping1973
teleworking1981
hotelling1991
1918 Econ. Jrnl. 28 32 There are [tax] allowances (inter alia) for tools, explosives, clothes, and similar expenses; out-working and lodging money; subsistence and travelling expenses.
1944 Econ. Jrnl. 54 64 Outworking is spreading. As a rule, factories are not dealing directly with home-workers, but through contractors.
1974 Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 2/6 There are..areas of the country where ‘out-working’ has been traditional, as with lace at Nottingham.
1991 Independent 1 Nov. 17/3 The fabrics are washed, dyed, printed and ironed at the barn, then sent off to outworking units to be made into scarves, ties or shirts.
2. The action or process by which something is developed, manifested, or accomplished; the unfolding of events in accordance with a plan, or as the natural result or effect of an action, law, or principle. Also: the result of this; a practical effect or result.
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the world > action or operation > [noun]
workOE
operationa1393
workmanshipc1400
actionc1405
act?a1425
workinga1425
activityc1485
executiona1530
play1548
workfulness1570
inworking1587
acting1605
agency1606
operancea1625
transaction1663
operancyc1811
outworking1846
mediacy1854
functioning1856
1846 Southern Q. Rev. Apr. 511 A man who writes as he is moved from within, from the simple impulse of his genius, whose style is the eloquent outworking of fine thoughts and a warm heart, will be earnest, living and attractive.
1851 J. Hamilton Royal Preacher 149 A world of which the successive epochs shall only be the outworking of a purpose so wise and good from the first that it cannot be changed for the better.
1880 T. C. Murray Origin & Growth Psalms ix. 286 The outworking of this applied force in the physical phenomena of life.
1913 A. F. Irvine My Lady of Chimney-corner 112 I outlined an ambition, but its outworking was a problem. It was beyond his ken.
1958 Church Times 5 Dec. 1/3 If the outworking of apartheid policies meant such cruelty and callousness, then even the Slightest Smell of a Compulsory apartheid must be removed from our Churches.
1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society iii. xiv. 288 Christadelphians do take a keen interest in political events, as out-workings of biblical prophecy.
1991 Econ. Hist. Rev. 44 540 Spadafora cites progress in the economy as the visible outworking of the intellectual ideas with which he is primarily concerned.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

outworkingadj.

Brit. /ˈaʊtˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌaʊtˈwərkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, working adj.
Etymology: < out- prefix + working adj. Compare outwork n. 4, outworking n. 1b, outworker n.
Working away from an employer's premises; engaged in outwork. Formerly also: †that works outwardly or outwards, that has a practical operation or effect (obsolete).
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1832 W. H. Smith Let. 23 Oct. in Oxf. Econ. Papers (1958) 10 362 In a ‘manufacturing Town’ like Birmingham the deposits would greatly come..from out-working operatives, who..are many of them, almost void of work.
1848 Biblical Repertory Jan. 116 In God, he [sc. the Holy Spirit] is..the indwelling principle and the outworking agent of moral power and glory.
1860 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 277 It is an earnest plea against worldliness, formalism, rationalism, and extra-Christian spiritualism, and in favour of simplicity in worship, vital faith, and indwelling and outworking piety.
1913 Econ. Jrnl. 23 376 The outworking grinder either occupies his own shop..or rents a ‘Stellung’..from the proprietor of a tenement factory.
1998 Telecommunications (Internat. ed.) (Nexis) Dec. 79 Two thirds of non-teleworking managerial staff..said teleworking would be against company policy, rather than the more traditional reason, lack of trust by the organisation of its outworking staff.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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