workingとは

語源 1

From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from 古期英語 wyrcung (“working, work”), verbal noun of wyrcan (“to work”), equivalent to work +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.

名詞

working (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 workings)

1. (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
2. Method of operation.
3. (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.

   Be sure to check your working.

4. Fermentation.
5. (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.

語源 2

From work +‎ -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).

動詞

working

1. present participle of work

   Leave him alone; he's working.

形容詞

working (not comparable)

1. That is or are functioning.

   a working ventilator

2. That suffices but requires additional work.

   a working copy of the script

3. In paid employment.

   working mothers

4. Of or relating to employment.

   the working week

5. Enough to allow one to use something.

   a working knowledge of computers

同意語

• (functioning): functioning; up (mainly used of computers)
• (that suffices but requires further work): draft, provisional, temporary
• (in paid employment): employed, in employment
• (of または relating to employment): work
• (enough to allow one to use something): basic

反意語

• (functioning): broken, broken-down, down (mainly used of computers)

下位語

• known-working

関連する語

• work

参照

• working in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911