working
adjective [before noun] (JOB) /ˈwɜː.kɪŋ/
/ˈwɝː-/ Definition
B1 relating to work: a 37-hour working week Working conditions/practices in the mill have hardly changed over the last 20 years. She has a difficult working relationship with many of her staff.Work, working and the workplaceWorking hours and periods of work › having work: These tax changes will affect 90 percent of the working population.Work, working and the workplaceWorking hours and periods of work
(Definition of working adjective (JOB) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth phrasal verb
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment noun
- be at work idiom
- graft noun (WORK)
- hammer away at sth phrasal verb
- handiwork noun
- hold down a job idiom
- hot-desk verb
- hot-desking noun
- practising adjective (WORK)
- pull/get your finger out idiom
- run around after sb phrasal verb
- run yourself into the ground idiom
- rush job noun
- short-handed adjective
- take sth in phrasal verb (WORK)
- workload noun
- workplace noun
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