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# working

verb (form of work); adjective (working); noun (the working, workings)

«working» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Working means doing a job, or doing its job right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#m1)
2. A working machine is one that is not broken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#m2)
3. The working, or working out, of a maths problem is the steps written down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#m3)
4. Working people have jobs; working hours are the hours of a job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#m4)
5. A working model really moves or runs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#m5)

### In the lessons

In school maths: people working (time and pay); machines that work versus broken ones; «show your working» — the steps written down. In everyday life: working parents, working hours, a working lift, a working holiday. Phrases: «working hours», «in working order», «show your working», «hard-working».

### Examples

- 5 people are working on the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x1)
- Only 8 of the 10 lamps are working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x2)
- After working 4 hours she stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x3)
- The working shows each step. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x4)
- Show your working, not just the answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x5)
- Our science group built a working volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x6)
- The lift is not working, so use the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x7)
- She is very hard-working and always finishes her tasks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x8)
- "I wonder you'd be working on the holiday!" said Tom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/#x9)

### Note

«Show your working» (UK) = «show your work» (US). Maths: «working» things are the good part (total − broken). The «working» of a problem is the steps written down — no number by itself.

## In Jewish tradition

In school maths: people working (time and pay); machines that work versus broken ones; «show your working» — the steps written down. In everyday life: working parents, working hours, a working lift, a working holiday. Phrases: «working hours», «in working order», «show your working», «hard-working».

### Examples

- Each working after its own way, physically and spiritually. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/working/#x1)
- walking, seeing, hearing, working, coition, smelling, sleep, anger, swallowing and laughing. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/working/#x2)
- Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. (Writings PSA.52.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/working/#x3)
- Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. (Writings PSA.74.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/working/#x4)

### Note

«Show your working» (UK) = «show your work» (US). Maths: «working» things are the good part (total − broken). The «working» of a problem is the steps written down — no number by itself.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «working» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«working» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/working.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «working» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/working/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«working» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/working.html) on Mova free.