- [uncountable] the action of doing work
- Working with animals requires patience.
- More businesses now offer flexible working.
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- [countable, usually plural] working (of something) the way in which a machine, a system, an organization, etc. works
- an introduction to the workings of Congress
- the workings of the human mind
- the machine’s inner workings
- [countable, usually plural] the parts of a mine or quarry where coal, metal, stone, etc. is or has been dug from the ground
- A pump was used to remove water from the old workings.
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