"working definition" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "working definitions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "working definition (plural working definitions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Not knowing of established definitions would be grounds for selecting or devising a working definition.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions."
      ],
      "id": "en-working_definition-en-noun-xnLEFj8O",
      "links": [
        [
          "definition",
          "definition"
        ],
        [
          "authoritative",
          "authoritative"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A definition being developed; a tentative definition that can be tailored to create an authoritative definition."
      ],
      "id": "en-working_definition-en-noun-6XHdtnwZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tentative",
          "tentative"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a definition being chosen for convenience",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arbejdsdefinition"
    }
  ],
  "word": "working definition"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Danish translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "working definitions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "working definition (plural working definitions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Not knowing of established definitions would be grounds for selecting or devising a working definition.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "definition",
          "definition"
        ],
        [
          "authoritative",
          "authoritative"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A definition being developed; a tentative definition that can be tailored to create an authoritative definition."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tentative",
          "tentative"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a definition being chosen for convenience",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arbejdsdefinition"
    }
  ],
  "word": "working definition"
}