working1 adjectiveworking2 noun
workingwork‧ing1 /ˈwɜːkɪŋ $ ˈwɜːr-/ ●●○ W2 adjective [only before noun] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a working mother
- an ordinary working man
- At 87, he's the oldest working baker in Britain ... and an inspiration to his customers and colleagues.
- At the time of going to press the working party's document is still awaited.
- I keep some of the toys on display in working order for my grandchildren to play with.
- Most significant was an increase in working capital and an increase in labour inputs consequent on the technological changes introduced.
- On the other hand, don't let your working folder become cluttered up with papers you are not using.
- The Household of Faith was Brideshead's working title.
- The picture of the working population of West Ham emerging from these data is one dominated by unskilled male manual workers.
Longman Language Activatorto not work hard enough
if a machine or piece of equipment works or is working , it can be used without any problems because there is nothing wrong with it: · Does the old tape recorder still work?· We had to go to the laundromat because the washing-machine wasn't working.work fine/be working fine: · We tested the cable and it seems to be working fine.work well/be working well: · The new computers seem to work perfectly well, despite everyone's worries.
if something is in working order , it is working well and safely, especially because it has been well-cared for: · The mill was built in the 16th century and is still in working order.be in good/perfect/top working order: · The guns were all clean and in good working order.· As far as he could tell the engine was in perfect working order.
British spoken /run American spoken to be working properly - use this especially about a car, clock, or watch: · I dropped my watch, but it's still going.· I don't mind what kind of car we rent as long as it runs.
to be working well and without any problems - use this about computers or systems: · As soon as the new computer system is up and running, we can transfer our records onto it.· The new hiring process should be up and running by the end of the year.
a place, system, or large piece of machinery that is operational is working and ready to be used at any time: · At least eight countries are known to have operational nuclear weapons.fully operational: · The terminal is fully operational and airlines will begin using it next week.
especially British also on-line American a new system or large piece of machinery that is on-stream or on-line , is ready to be used - used especially in business: · All the oil refineries in the region are now back on-stream.come on-stream/on-line: · Another nuclear reactor is scheduled to come on-line in January.bring something on-stream/on-line: · With so much money in grants, we need to start thinking now about the projects we want to bring on-stream.
machines, cars, phones etc that do not work if a machine or piece of equipment is not working or doesn't work , it does not do the job it is supposed to do: · The phone's not working.· Our car isn't working at the moment, so I've been taking the bus.· The elevator doesn't seem to be working - let's take the stairs.· The headlights don't work and the brakes need fixing.· This camera doesn't work - I'll have to take it back to the store.
if there is something wrong with a machine, car etc, it does not work properly, but you do not know exactly why: · There's something wrong with my car: I think it might be the battery.· There was something wrong with the photocopier, so we called in the service company.have something wrong with something: · If the VCR has something wrong with it, take it back to the store.
not working - use this especially about a small machine or a small piece of equipment: · "What's the time?" "I don't know, my watch is broken."· I think the doorbell must be broken - I didn't hear anything.· a broken dishwasher
if a machine, especially one used by the public, is out of order it is not working for a temporary period: · Every phone I tried was out of order.· The toilets are almost always out of order.
especially British if a vehicle or machine is out of action , it cannot be used at the moment because it is broken: · Three of our tanks are out of action.· These planes may be out of action for a week, just for regular maintenance.· Our washing machine's out of action at the moment, so we use the laundry down the road.
if a computer system is down , it is not working: · The computer system was down all afternoon so we went home.go down (=stop working): · The network went down at 11:00 and we lost the whole morning's work.
informal also be on the fritz American informal if a piece of electrical equipment such as a television or washing machine is on the blink or on the fritz , it sometimes works and sometimes does not: · My TV's on the blink again.go on the blink/fritz: · The car's air conditioning went on the fritz just as we reached Dallas.
informal a machine, car etc that is temperamental works some of the time but not all the time: · Jo's car is very temperamental in the mornings. Sometimes it starts and sometimes it doesn't.· The only heating was from a temperamental iron stove in the centre of each hut.
British is gone American if you say that part of a machine, especially a car, has gone or is gone , you mean that it has stopped working properly: · I'm not sure what's wrong with my car - I think the clutch has gone.· If the gearbox is gone it'll cost you a fortune.· "What's that noise?" "It sounds like the suspension's going."
if you say that a machine has had it you mean that it is completely broken and cannot be repaired: · I'm afraid the stereo's had it.
British busted especially American broken or badly damaged: · Our television's bust, and so's the radio.· There's no point in trying to mend it, it's completely bust.· You can't record anything - the VCR's busted.· a busted air-conditioner
when something is switched on if something is on , it is working - use this about lights, machines, and other things that use electricity, gas, or water: · Is the heating on? I'm freezing.leave something on: · Did you leave the kitchen light on?keep something on: · In the winter, I keep the gas fire on all day.
use this about things that use electricity, for example, machines, computers, or heating equipment: · A green light shows that the computer is switched on.· I don't think he has his cell phone switched on.· Have you checked that the power is switched on?
use this about machines or about the electricity, gas, or water supply: · If the boiler fails to light, first check that the gas is turned on.· Is the switch turned on?
if an engine or a machine is running , it is working and its parts are moving: · Do not touch the machine while it is running.leave something running: · Nick left the engine running to warm it up, while he buckled the children into their car seats.
especially spoken if a machine is going , it is working and its parts are moving: · The clock stopped during the night, but it's going again now.· The washing machine's going, I can hear it.
if a machine or piece of equipment is working , it has been switched on and is doing what it is supposed to do: · You mustn't open the lid while the sterilizer is working.· You can hear the pump in the refrigerator when it's working.
British if an engine or a vehicle is ticking over , it is working just enough to be on, but at its lowest level: · The plane's engines were ticking over just enough to hold position in the air.· He left the car ticking over while he dashed into the house.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
a working mother Many working women rely on relatives for childcare. A smaller working population will have to support a growing number of retired people. the ordinary working man Many mothers prefer flexible working hours. He spent all his working life in a factory. The car was old, but the engine was still in good working order. the amount of exercise needed to keep your body in working order We have a close working relationship with other voluntary groups. A good working knowledge of the building regulations is necessary for the job.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The successful applicant will be working closely with our international staff. Congress is working feverishly to pass the bill. a working model (=one with parts which move) of a steam engine She didn’t like working nine to five. I’m tired of working for peanuts. a working prototype of the new car We’ve very much enjoyed working together. The commission has set up a special working group to look at the problem.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
a working mother Many working women rely on relatives for childcare. A smaller working population will have to support a growing number of retired people. the ordinary working man Many mothers prefer flexible working hours. He spent all his working life in a factory. The car was old, but the engine was still in good working order. the amount of exercise needed to keep your body in working order We have a close working relationship with other voluntary groups. A good working knowledge of the building regulations is necessary for the job.· Sebastian spoke with an upper-class accent.
· 55 percent of the people are of working age.
(=where a particular class of people live)· She was born in a working-class area of London.
· I came from a very poor working-class background.
(=at which you talk about business)· She suggested we meet at 8.30 for a working breakfast.
· At this time most of the working class was very poor.
The successful applicant will be working closely with our international staff.· An office must be able to provide safe working conditions.
· Most people prefer a quiet working environment.
Congress is working feverishly to pass the bill. (=a lunch during which you also do business)· She was having a business lunch with a customer.
a working model (=one with parts which move) of a steam engine She didn’t like working nine to five.· Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation.· Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.
· Theirs is one of the most fruitful working partnerships in modern science.
I’m tired of working for peanuts. (=poor people who have jobs, rather than unemployed people)· These tax-cut proposals are targeted at the working poor.
a working prototype of the new car (=a relationship appropriate for people who work together)· She’s a fine actress and we developed a great working relationship.
(=working shifts)· Does the job involve shift work?
We’ve very much enjoyed working together.· The working class has suffered a lot.
· The working class have suffered a lot.
The commission has set up a special working group to look at the problem.· Among men of working age, 78 percent were in employment with 63 percent working full time and 2 percent part time.· This means that there are more old people needing special help and proportionately fewer people of working age to provide for them.· About 63 percent. of women of working age with children are economically active.· As a whole group they are in relative or absolute poverty, in contrast to the general adult population of working age.· Third, a new disability employment credit for people of working age will serve to recognise a partial capacity for employment.· In 1988, 62% of married couples of working age were both in work.· First, whereas the population of working age increased by 1m between 1981 and 1986, today it is barely growing.· The fact that many people of working age face constant moves to other areas may also complicate the decision.
· It wants the cash to repay debt and for capital expenditures and for working capital.· He is currently preparing a plan to unlock more working capital by the New Year.· CrossCom says that it plans to use the net proceeds for new product development and for working capital.· They do not wish to provide further working capital by means of borrowing or it may be imprudent to do so.· With savings of £20,000 you could expect to finance a franchise with a start-up cost and working capital of £60,000.· This includes a fee of Pounds 12,500, a three-month lease on a van and some working capital.· Net proceeds will be used to repay short and long-term debt, refinance long term debt and for working capital.
· Founded to give political expression to a working class based on industry, what is their role in a post-industrial world?· Though he notes occasional heroism, his general verdict on the working classes is unfavourable.· The white working class had been weakened by their dependence on these leaders.· The comparative affluence of working class youth in the sixties allowed the building-up of large groups of mobile supporters.· He may be a working class boy at heart but his lifestyle has been transformed - and he doesn't mind at all.· This study aims to examine the role of Protestant working class youth culture in transmitting loyalist ethnic and political identity.· These later attenders tended to be women who were younger, single, working class.· Now we can quantify this: 0.482 more service class than working class children attend these schools.
· On such working days the facilities will be available from 08.30 to 17.45.· The initial period lasts for 20 working days.· In 1979, 29 million working days were lost in strikes.· To ensure that different days of the week are covered, the measurements will be done on every twentieth working day.· More than a million and half vehicles enter or leave central London every working day.· The third working day after we started again after the break.· Most queries should normally be answered within five working days.· Pupils at the new schools would have to expect longer working days and longer terms than at maintained schools.
· On such working days the facilities will be available from 08.30 to 17.45.· A report from the Health and Safety Commission says that 23.2 million working days were lost to work-related injuries.· In 1979, 29 million working days were lost in strikes.· The average turnround for a passport application in the last year has been six working days.· And re-made it was - nearly 200 linear metres of Decorum Wilton - completed in four working days.· Read in studio Every year, thirty million working days are lost through back problems.· Orders received by noon delivered in two working days.· He will acknowledge receipt of your reference within 5 working days.
· Physical match includes the design of the whole work place and working environment.· The working environment is conducive to the achievement of excellence and the work is intellectually challenging.· Muriel's attitude to others in a working environment gives little credit to anyone else for practical intelligence or reliability.· A better working environment than the diocesan office, Julia thought, as she surveyed it.· To maintain a healthy working environment for all employees.· With Ian, his inner sensitivity has a negative effect mainly in his working environment.· We offer a friendly working environment in Central London, 5 weeks annual holiday, private healthcare and additional benefits.· The working environment is excellent and our project teams enjoy superb facilities, which include sophisticated instrumentation and computing equipment.
· The working group will look at ways of organising the poll and will also examine the legal issues.· Some local political parties are also appointing working groups to develop election policies.· A working group will discuss particular issues arising from collaboration.· The court ruled that the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to such subcommittee working groups.· Your replies will help decide the final recommendations of the working group, to be made this Autumn.· The working group stresses, however, that these factors are not sufficient to offset the warming resulting from the greenhouse effect.· One possible outcome of this would be a working group to look at producing guidelines for certification.· A working group, with representatives of all the republics concerned, was established to prepare a first draft.
· It is clear that even a good working knowledge of credit costs helps consumers only if that knowledge affects their shopping decisions.· This strikes me as the best way of getting a real working knowledge of computers.· Lambert was himself a skilled administrator, with a working knowledge of sanitary reform.· A good working knowledge of the Building Regulations requirements is therefore necessary.· In this case, having a working knowledge of the types of microcomputer available will be important.· The teams must include at least one person with no working knowledge of education.· Ideally, you will have a degree in engineering or science with a working knowledge of heat transfer mechanisms.
· The Community Social Charter declares that workers must be able to have access to training throughout their working lives.· Some of them had very long working lives and a few survive.· Repeatedly the feeling was expressed that nobody could change the quality of their working lives except possibly higher management.· Managers may spend as much as fifty percent of their working lives engaged in meetings of various types.· Landscape, of course, was a constant theme throughout John Marin's long working life.· Of course, you may just be curious about how other people spend their working lives.· Discontinuous employment was an integral part of these women's working lives.
· Meanwhile, he was making friends of working men and trade unionists, and devoting himself to educational work.· The Labour Representation Committee was set up in 1899 to try to get more working men elected to Parliament.· It insisted on a total abstention from not only spirits but beer, the staple drink of the working man.· Police earnings in the 1920s were substantial by comparison with most other occupations to which a working man could aspire.· Elsewhere working women and the wives of working men lacked access to this elementary form of private social security.· The average working man spends roughly half of his life working.· Mercier, by contrast, gives us the working man, drawn with almost Hogarthian candour.
· Those familiar with the work and working methods of Frank Auerbach may find all this oddly familiar.· But too often the system's outdated working methods and attitudes prevent them from giving their best.· And he knew that Hargreave would never have agreed with his working methods.· Their work allowed them to identify working methods and the characteristics of particular ateliers.· In addition referral procedures and working methods exhibit considerable variation.· They should, however, be seen as interactive working methods.· Rather cuts should come from examination of working methods and materials and introducing more cost-effective measures.
· I keep some of the toys on display in working order for my grandchildren to play with.· These older tankers require continuous maintenance to keep them in good, safe working order at sea.· But after a sixty-five thousand pound refurbishment, the bells have been restored to full working order.· The tenant need not pay rent until the business premises are put back in working order again.· Male speaker It's awful having a set of bells there which are almost in working order but can't be used.· Hall of Power - a range of engines and heavy machinery, most of which are in working order and operated daily.· The Governor says it's essential the prison is in full working order right from the start.· The clock was restored to its original condition in full working order in 1956, after a lapse of seventy-two years.
· The working party outlines the extent, character and location of job creation in services.· A working party was appointed in 1974 to produce one.· Any high drama that remains is found deep in technical working party country.· At the conclusion of the meeting, little progress had been made beyond agreeing procedural rules and setting up two working parties.· In the light of discussion, a working party was set up to explore these options.· Thus the working party is arguing that information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.· There was some curtailment of prisoners' activities, a reduction in the number of outside working parties and of educational classes.· The ceremony was performed by Coun Islwyn Morris, chairman of the council's environment working party.
· The landowners lived centrally, and around them, in concentric circles as it were, lived the working people.· It is difficult, looking back, to form a balanced view of the condition of all these working people.· For the first time, in many cases, working people were able to purchase more than basic necessities.· At the same time many working people have had their belts tightened for them as factories closed and unions accepted cutbacks.· The growth of public sector unionism raises starkly the issue of alliances between workers as producers and working people as consumers.· For years, an important desire of many working people has been to take annual holidays in the sun.· It was said that the working people of London had no need to bolt their doors at any time.· Leaving out poor and working people doesn't seem right.
· One in seven of the working population is unemployed: 3¼ million people.· In 1979, the assisted areas covered almost half the country by working population.· They now cover 35 percent. of the working population and are carefully targeted on the areas most in need.· The town has a working population of around 700, so the closures will put one in ten on the dole.· It was also attributable to the increasing demands and expectations of the newly enfranchised working population.· Lothian is also a well defined employment centre with nearly 92 percent of its working population employed within its boundary.· The prize, however, was that the whole working population would have a pension of their own.· In 1989, 3 percent more of the working population of the North were unemployed than in 1978.
· The earlier a pupil is able to find and keep to a comfortable and efficient working position, the better.· You will gradually bring these needles back to working position to form the curve lower edge above the hem.· Repeat from * until the remaining stitches are in working position.· Transfer all stitches to the front bed, leave back bed needles in working position. 2.· Many machines have tuck brushes or rubber wheels beneath the sinker plate; these have to be moved into working position.· Put the ribber to the half-pitch position and bring some needles on each bed to the working position.· When in working position, the brushes should run just above the needles and immediately in front of the sinkers.· The first of these rows will take needles back to working position.
· This should mean more efficient working practices and savings in time and money.· Through grants to local authorities, we are financing schemes to introduce more flexible working practices - such as job sharing.· Time and experience were needed to establish new working practices.· New working practices would be introduced once passenger services were privatised which would be more flexible.· We have again looked hard at our working practices and cost base and have made substantial changes.· On visits to both bureaux, we felt that their working practices eliminate any reasonable possibility of this happening.· Yet both professional footballers and cricketers were subjected to unreasonable restrictions and working practices.· The factory is inefficient, its working practices and much of its machinery dated.
· It is these processes which provide the principles for staff management and enhance the quality of working relationships within the organisation.· But it also required systems, operations, and business people to change skills, behaviors, and working relationships.· We bring to our working relationships the same potential for disordered conduct as we bring to any other area of our lives.· The information systems project will cause changes to the roles of employees and in working relationships.· Although the personal attitudes of the protagonists are unknown, it is clear that their working relationship was one of cooperation.· Are working relationships defined and public?· Try as she might, her working relationship with Stephanie Marsa was strained to say the least.· The assessment panels have contributed to a better working relationship between guidance staff and other members of staff.
· Sickness absence overall fell sharply last year by almost 0.5 percent of working time from the 1991 figure of 4.0 percent.· I have also seen people for whom twenty-five minutes to a half hour were the best working times.· Big, raw-boned farm hands, they looked to Grant as though they spent their working time wrestling bulls - and winning!.· The most vulnerable areas of working time for me are those of contact with pupils and curriculum development.· These calculations of working time are taken from the accounts of daily routine obtained in the interviews.· Consequently consultation is only 8 percent of working time.· It soon became apparent that the working time each week would be limited to about two hours.· Therefore, we intend to repeal the Act when alternative regulations governing working times are in place.
· The country was on a 3-day working week and the mineworkers were solidly in favour of strike action in support of their pay claim.· There were still loose ends in her working week so her sister Sarah took it upon herself to tie them up.· The average working week in Oakley's sample was 77 hours, with a range from 48 to 105.· Industry has only just been restored to normal after being reduced to a three-day working week.· It is to accommodate the six or seven-day working week.· Ye of little faith should know that it could be earned but not in a normal working week.· A working week of over a hundred hours should have been ruinous for the libido, looking back.
· A prime dilemma for all working women is that of overload, and how to deal with it.· That suggests that we are doing quite well by working women.· Olwen Hufton observes that outside domestic service single working women had difficulty surviving on their wages.· Children were not the only dependents of working women.· For the Government in general and the Employment Secretary in particular seem to have little idea about the problems of working women.· Will my hon. Friend consider allowing working women in such circumstances a greater disregard?· Elsewhere working women and the wives of working men lacked access to this elementary form of private social security.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Both procedures reflect current government policy concerns with increasing vocationalism and preparation for working life at the pre-16 stage.
- But all teachers are concerned about their own level of stress, and how to lead a satisfying working life.
- Deborah Manley trained as a social worker but has spent most of her working life in publishing.
- Objectives for Care outlines practical applications for nurses to use in their everyday working lives.
- The noise, the abuse, the grimness are everyday parts of their working life.
- They could anticipate earning a decent, middle-class wage there for most of their working lives.
- What do I want out of my working life?
- Your working life can go back as far as April 1936, but not further.
- Controllers regained contact with the satellite after three anxious hours, and discovered that it appeared to be in full working order.
- Every lock in the house is in perfect working order.
- Hall of Power - a range of engines and heavy machinery, most of which are in working order and operated daily.
- Oxygen, suction and emergency equipment must be at hand and in working order. 2.
- The tenant need not pay rent until the business premises are put back in working order again.
- There had been some hints in the latter part of the nineteenth century that the machine was not in perfect working order.
- These older tankers require continuous maintenance to keep them in good, safe working order at sea.
- You did have to keep it clean and in good working order.
- And yet the effective auditor needs to understand management and to have a close working relationship with the managers.
- Are working relationships defined and public?
- It is these processes which provide the principles for staff management and enhance the quality of working relationships within the organisation.
- Many observers expect Hutchison to endorse Dole because of her working relationship with the Senate majority leader.
- Relationship building with fellow-workers Your most important working relationship is with your immediate superior.
- The assessment panels have contributed to a better working relationship between guidance staff and other members of staff.
- This strategic transition required many people throughout the company to change specific skills, behaviors, and working relationships.
- Andy has a good working knowledge of accounting practices.
- Ideally, you will have a degree in engineering or science with a working knowledge of heat transfer mechanisms.
- In this case, having a working knowledge of the types of microcomputer available will be important.
- Lambert was himself a skilled administrator, with a working knowledge of sanitary reform.
- Those who supervise clerical supervisors must have a working knowledge of word processing, communications, data processing, and recordkeeping.
- As he approached them, Mungo could see that they wore blue uniform trousers under their working clothes.
- But she had to turn up at Maggie's school in her working clothes.
- In fact I felt rather a lout in my working clothes among the elegant gathering.
- Jonadab was not to be hurried and methodically finished changing into his working clothes before putting in an appearance.
- Still clad in her tattered working clothes, her wellingtons pumped away assiduously to give the instrument the breath it required.
- They went from the workplace into the canteen, they sat and opened their lunchboxes in their working clothes.
- They woke on Sunday morning and people wre going to church ... they daren't be seen in their working clothes.
- Behind him on a finely carved desk was a gleaming working model of the St Petersburg-Cannes Express constructed in pearls and amethysts.
- For 300 years or more our science has omitted any human attributes that may impinge upon or impede its mechanistic working model.
- My aim was always to build working models that I could control.
- Simulation techniques have been developed to allow scientists and planners to build working models of the systems which they are studying.
- The Base was a closed system, like a tiny working model of Earth itself, recycling all the chemicals of life.
- When I was about four years of age, he made a working model roundabout with galloping horses.
- He had, Edouard saw, a technical mind, and loved to see how working parts fitted together.
- It still retains all its working parts and would require only minimum repairs to put it into full working order.
- The working parts of a digital watch.
- The neo-biological approach is to assemble software from working parts, while continuously testing and correcting the software as it grows.
- They do not, at least by biological standards, have intricate working parts.
- A pragmatist judge will find room in his working theory of as if legal rights for some doctrine of precedent.
- A useful working definition has been provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in Britain.
- As a working theory this is impregnable, whether considered sceptically or superstitiously.
- Despite the difficulties, the teacher needs a rough working definition.
- Is that a reasonable working definition of Paradise?
- Like I say, it's just a working title.
- The Household of Faith was Brideshead's working title.
- We can, however, offer a very general working definition, which seems to feature in most discussions.
- However, a second election took place in September of that year, which gave him a pathetic working majority of four.
- None gave the Tories a hope of being elected with a working majority.
- Since then, Labour has never won a secure working majority at any election.
- The working majority achieved by the Conservatives removed that worry.
- The debate was acrimonious, with opposition parties denouncing Shamir's deals with defectors from other parties to win his working majority.
- Together the four parties had 191 seats, a working majority of 11.
- With the support of various independents, they gave the General a solid working majority.
- Without its support the coalition will not have a working majority in parliament.
- Gannon explained recently during a working lunch downtown.
- He has working lunches with his team to discuss and develop their approach to managing people for profit.
- The afternoon rehearsal started late because Meredith was at a working lunch in Rose's office.
- The real business gets done at working lunches and small dinner parties.
- You might then have a working dinner with a business speaker.
- Apparently, too, Rosie enjoyed herself after working hours.
- At the end of the working day most of us retreat to families and/or partners and play other parts.
- Items must be posted at post office counters in advance of latest recommended posting times for next working day delivery.
- Remember, your spouse may not be used to having you home during working hours.
- The whole operation was based on 50 journeys or rounds, one for each vehicle on every working day of the week.
- These, as we now know, involve everything from environmental considerations to limits on the working hours of employees.
- They had only three working days in which to prepare the defence against the new charge.
- They took long lunches and went to barbershops, beauty parlors, bathhouses, and tearooms during working hours.
- From that, you might be able to reconstitute the activity present during working memory.
- If this were the case there would be no need for a working memory.
- It is not clear whether this articulation makes use of the working memory system or is independent.
- Studies of working memory in animals may seem to be rather remote from the standard, acquired distinctiveness procedure.
- The speech left provides for an internal speech code which passes through a working memory system where it can be examined.
- The system is then being driven by working memory.
- Unless we attend to the words which have been placed into working memory, they will not be retained.
- A massive 3,324, working days were lost because of depressive illnesses between and in Northern Ireland alone.
- Additional reports e.g. showing approved entries and responsible lexicographer, will be produced within one working day when required.
- As if to signal that the working day was about to begin, the telephone rang.
- In many areas the Hearing is held on the first working day after the removal of the child.
- Since the scheme was introduced, only motorists with special passes are allowed to use Ipswich Street during the working day.
- They proceed not to turn up on Monday, the next working day.
- This downward trend was so significant during this period that the average working day fell by around 1 hour.
- Complete the following exercise on working conditions.
- For many people real wages fell and working conditions worsened.
- Her interest in socialism or Bryant & May working conditions was perfunctory.
- Protected by their enormous allowances and comfortable working conditions, they feel free to carry on behaving how they wish.
- The working environment is conducive to the achievement of excellence and the work is intellectually challenging.
- This made working conditions most unpleasant, the nets becoming wet and heavy to handle.
- Unhappy with the working environment, she decided to quit the job to pursue her interest in alternative therapy.
- But it will coincide with political pressure for doctors to accept fundamental changes in their working practices.
- However, only 44% had changed their working practices.
- New working practices would be introduced once passenger services were privatised which would be more flexible.
- The accident happened because of a culture in which working practices were not checked, Whitehaven magistrates heard.
- The courses, examinations and working practices have been based on their perceptions.
- Their work allowed them to identify working methods and the characteristics of particular ateliers.
- Those familiar with the work and working methods of Frank Auerbach may find all this oddly familiar.
- Hall of Power - a range of engines and heavy machinery, most of which are in working order and operated daily.
- The locomotive was in working order at the time and negotiations proceeded which resulted in transportation to Swanage as described above.
- To this day the milling machinery is in working order.
- Two isn't multiplicity and Castelfonte never was in running order, and now they were living in hotels.
- Price's wit and sarcasm are working overtime in this production.
- He said engineers are working overtime to fix the problems.
- His brain was working overtime and he just stood there goggling.
- His brain was working overtime now.
- It looked as if his karma was working overtime.
- Meanwhile, aluminum manufacturers were working overtime to supply the armament industry.
- Soon after I left them, they were working overtime to fulfil a big order, when there was a breakdown.
- Their local maternity unit was working overtime.
- Then he announced gleefully that light bulb orders had jumped, suggesting that factories were working overtime.
- He was rising in the world, a celebrated hijacker, and Charlie was a working stiff with money problems.
- Instead of working stiffs, we get craftsmen.
- My dad was a poor working stiff.
- They're ordinary working stiffs, doing their job.
- This was my first residence as a working stiff.
WORD FAMILYnounworkworkaholicworkerworkingworkingsadjectiveworkable ≠ unworkableoverworkedworkingverbworkrework
1a)having a job that you are paid for: a working mother Many working women rely on relatives for childcare. A smaller working population will have to support a growing number of retired people. b)old-fashioned having a physical or practical jobworking man/people/folk the ordinary working man2working hours/day/week the time that people spend doing their job: In a normal working day, I see around 6 or 7 clients.during/outside working hours Telephone at any time during normal working hours. Many mothers prefer flexible working hours. We do a 37-hour working week.3working day a day of the week when most people work. In Britain and the US this is usually Monday to Friday SYN workday: It will be returned within three working days (=three days, not including weekends or public holidays).4working conditions/environment etc the situation in which you work, especially the physical things such as pay or safety: improvements in working conditions5working practices/methods the way in which you do your job: training in up-to-date working practices6working life the part of your adult life when you have a paid job: He spent all his working life in a factory.7(in) working order working properly and not brokenbe in good/perfect/full etc working order The car was old, but the engine was still in good working order. the amount of exercise needed to keep your body in working order8working relationship the way that people work togetherworking with/between They want to establish a better working relationship between medical and nursing staff.good/close/effective etc working relationship We have a close working relationship with other voluntary groups.9a working knowledge of something enough knowledge of a system, subject, language etc to be able to use it or to do a particular job: A good working knowledge of the building regulations is necessary for the job.10working clothes (also work clothes) clothes which you wear for work or are designed for people to work in11working model a model that has parts that move12working parts the parts of a machine that move13working definition/theory/title a definition, idea etc that may not be exactly right but is good enough to use when you start working on something14working majority British English enough support in parliament for a government to continue making laws and ruling a country15working breakfast/lunch/dinner a breakfast, lunch etc which is also a business meeting16working memory technical the part of a person’s or computer’s memory which stores information about the thing being worked on nowworking1 adjectiveworking2 noun
workingworking2 noun EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- In some cases metals are actually strengthened by this process, which is known as cold working.
- Your serious working on filming music goes back to the 1960s?
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aggregate, nounalloy, nounamber, nounanneal, verbarc welding, nounasbestos, nounassay, verbautomaker, nounaviation, nounBakelite, nounbasketry, nounbenzene, nounbevel, nounbiodegradable, adjectiveblast, verbblast furnace, nounboom, nounboom town, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nounby-product, nouncane, nouncast, verbcasting, nouncedar, nounchipboard, nounchippings, nouncoalface, nouncollier, nouncolliery, nounconcentrate, nouncondenser, nounconstruction, nounconstructor, nounconverter, nouncork, nouncottage industry, nouncross-grained, adjectivecrude, adjectivedeskill, verbdetonate, verbdetonator, noundetoxification, noundevelopment, noundie, noundie casting, noundiesel, noundiesel fuel, noundiggings, noundrill, verbdrive, verbelectronics, nounend product, nounepoxy resin, nounextrude, verbfabricate, verbfabrication, nounforge, nounfound, verbfoundry, nounglass fibre, noungoldmine, nounground glass, nounhigh technology, nounindustrial, adjectiveindustrial archaeology, nounindustrialism, nounindustrialist, nounindustrialization, nouningot, nouninstallation, nounjute, nounlaminate, nounlaminated, adjectivelaser, nounlatex, nounlight industry, nounlime, nounlode, nounlow-tech, adjectivelubricant, nounlubricate, verbmacadam, nounmacerate, verbmachine, verbmachine tool, nounmachinist, nounmaker, nounmanganese, nounmanufacture, verbmanufacture, nounmasonry, nounmaterial, nounmatrix, nounmeat-packing, nounmetal, nounmetal fatigue, nounmetallic, adjectivemetallurgy, nounmetalwork, nounmill, verbmine, nounmine, verbminer, nounmining, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmolten, adjectivemolybdenum, nounmortise, nounmother lode, nounmould, verbmoulding, nounochre, nounoff-cut, nounoil, nounoil paint, nounopencast, adjectiveoxyacetylene, nounpackaging, nounpaint stripper, nounpaintwork, nounpaling, nounpallet, nounpan, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpaper, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpatent leather, nounperfumery, nounpit, nounpitch, nounpithead, nounplane, verbplant, nounplywood, nounpost-industrial, adjectiveprocess, nounproduce, verbproduct, nounproduction, nounproductivity, nounpulp, verbpump, verbPVC, nounquarry, nounquartz, nounready-made, adjectiverefine, verbrefined, adjectivereprocess, verbroller, nounrough-hewn, adjectiverubber, nounsafety lamp, nounsandblast, verbsealskin, nounshaft, nounshavings, nounsheeting, nounsheet metal, nounshipbuilder, nounskilled, adjectiveslag, nounslag heap, nounsludge, nounslurry, nounsmelt, verbsmith, nounsmithy, nounsmokestack, nounsmokestack industry, nounsoftwood, nounsolder, nounsolder, verbsoldering iron, nounspirit level, nounspray paint, nounsteam, nounsteel, nounstrip mine, nounStyrofoam, nounsunrise industry, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbtannery, nountemper, verbtensile strength, nountextile, nounthree-ply, adjectiveunrefined, adjectiveunvarnished, adjectiveupright, nounvarnish, nounvat, nounvinyl, nounvulcanize, verbwarehouse, nounwattle, nounwax, nounwaxen, adjectivewaxy, adjectiveweld, verbweld, nounwelder, nounwickerwork, nounwire, nounwood, nounwood pulp, nounwork, verbworking, nounworkshop, nounwrought iron, nounyarn, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I shall never understand the workings of his mind (=how he thinks).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The successful applicant will be working closely with our international staff. Congress is working feverishly to pass the bill. a working model (=one with parts which move) of a steam engine She didn’t like working nine to five. I’m tired of working for peanuts. a working prototype of the new car We’ve very much enjoyed working together. The commission has set up a special working group to look at the problem.
I shall never understand the workings of his mind (=how he thinks).· Sebastian spoke with an upper-class accent.
· 55 percent of the people are of working age.
(=where a particular class of people live)· She was born in a working-class area of London.
· I came from a very poor working-class background.
(=at which you talk about business)· She suggested we meet at 8.30 for a working breakfast.
· At this time most of the working class was very poor.
The successful applicant will be working closely with our international staff.· An office must be able to provide safe working conditions.
· Most people prefer a quiet working environment.
Congress is working feverishly to pass the bill. (=a lunch during which you also do business)· She was having a business lunch with a customer.
a working model (=one with parts which move) of a steam engine She didn’t like working nine to five.· Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation.· Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.
· Theirs is one of the most fruitful working partnerships in modern science.
I’m tired of working for peanuts. (=poor people who have jobs, rather than unemployed people)· These tax-cut proposals are targeted at the working poor.
a working prototype of the new car (=a relationship appropriate for people who work together)· She’s a fine actress and we developed a great working relationship.
(=working shifts)· Does the job involve shift work?
We’ve very much enjoyed working together.· The working class has suffered a lot.
· The working class have suffered a lot.
The commission has set up a special working group to look at the problem.PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the workingsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- An outside problem can sometimes be helped by, say, more flexible working hours and so be resolved at management level.
- Earnings might vary because of piece-work, overtime or short-time working.
- Flexible Hours Question: Has consideration been given to the introduction of flexible working hours?
- Meanwhile, solicitors were last week urged to consider flexible working for staff in line with the government's family friendly policies.
- Recruitment procedures focus on individual skills and potential for flexible working.
- Through grants to local authorities, we are financing schemes to introduce more flexible working practices - such as job sharing.
- Vauxhall bosses admit that the threat of short-time working at Ellesmere Port still remains a possibility.
- Wage freezes have been brought in across most of the company and some short-time working introduced.
- Hall of Power - a range of engines and heavy machinery, most of which are in working order and operated daily.
- The locomotive was in working order at the time and negotiations proceeded which resulted in transportation to Swanage as described above.
- To this day the milling machinery is in working order.
- Two isn't multiplicity and Castelfonte never was in running order, and now they were living in hotels.
- Price's wit and sarcasm are working overtime in this production.
- He said engineers are working overtime to fix the problems.
- His brain was working overtime and he just stood there goggling.
- His brain was working overtime now.
- It looked as if his karma was working overtime.
- Meanwhile, aluminum manufacturers were working overtime to supply the armament industry.
- Soon after I left them, they were working overtime to fulfil a big order, when there was a breakdown.
- Their local maternity unit was working overtime.
- Then he announced gleefully that light bulb orders had jumped, suggesting that factories were working overtime.
- He was rising in the world, a celebrated hijacker, and Charlie was a working stiff with money problems.
- Instead of working stiffs, we get craftsmen.
- My dad was a poor working stiff.
- They're ordinary working stiffs, doing their job.
- This was my first residence as a working stiff.
WORD FAMILYnounworkworkaholicworkerworkingworkingsadjectiveworkable ≠ unworkableoverworkedworkingverbworkrework
1the workings [plural] the way something such as a system, piece of equipment, or organization worksworking of his knowledge of the inner workings of the department I shall never understand the workings of his mind (=how he thinks).2flexible/short-time etc working a particular way of working, especially relating to the hours which someone works3[countable usually plural] a mine or part of a mine where soil has been dug out in order to remove metals or stone