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"3": "",
"4": "acting, working"
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}
],
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],
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}
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"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)kɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)kɪŋ/2 syllables"
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"word": "working beam"
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{
"word": "working bee"
},
{
"word": "working capital"
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{
"word": "working class"
},
{
"word": "working conditions"
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{
"word": "working day"
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{
"word": "working definition"
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{
"word": "working directory"
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{
"word": "working dog"
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{
"word": "working drawing"
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{
"word": "working end"
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{
"word": "working environment"
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{
"word": "working family"
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{
"word": "working farm"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "working mass"
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{
"word": "working memory"
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{
"word": "working order"
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{
"word": "working papers"
},
{
"word": "working part"
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{
"word": "working party"
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{
"word": "working poor"
},
{
"word": "working pressure"
},
{
"word": "working proof"
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{
"word": "working sail"
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{
"word": "working set"
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{
"word": "working stiff"
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{
"word": "working-storage section"
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{
"word": "working terrier"
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{
"word": "working time"
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{
"word": "working timetable"
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{
"word": "working title"
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{
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{
"word": "working week"
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "acting, working"
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}
],
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{
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"1": "-"
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"text": "a working ventilator",
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}
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],
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[
"function",
"function"
]
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"not-comparable"
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
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"text": "a working copy of the script",
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{
"text": "a working title",
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}
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"That suffices but requires additional work; provisional."
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"suffice"
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[
"provisional",
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"not-comparable"
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "working mothers",
"type": "example"
}
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"In paid employment."
],
"links": [
[
"employment",
"employment"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "the working week",
"type": "example"
}
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"Of or relating to employment."
],
"links": [
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"relating",
"relating"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "a working knowledge of computers"
}
],
"glosses": [
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"allow"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
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{
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"text": "The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens.",
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}
],
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],
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"not-comparable"
]
},
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"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"Efficacious."
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],
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"(obsolete) Efficacious."
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"not-comparable",
"obsolete"
]
}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"General-American"
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{
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},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-working.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
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"sense": "functioning",
"word": "functioning"
},
{
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],
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],
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{
"sense": "that suffices but requires further work",
"word": "draft"
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{
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},
{
"word": "temporary"
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{
"sense": "in paid employment",
"word": "employed"
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{
"word": "in employment"
},
{
"sense": "of or relating to employment",
"word": "work"
},
{
"sense": "enough to allow one to use something",
"word": "basic"
}
],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ašxatoġ",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "աշխատող"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rabotešt",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "работещ"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "fungerende"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "funkcianta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "toimiva"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "muša",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "მუშა"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "funzionante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "funcional"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "funcțional"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabotosposobnyj",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "работоспособный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabóčij",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "рабо́чий"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "functioning",
"word": "fungerande"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ašxatankʿayin",
"sense": "suffices but requires additional work",
"word": "աշխատանքային"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "raboten",
"sense": "suffices but requires additional work",
"word": "работен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "suffices but requires additional work",
"word": "työ-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "suffices but requires additional work",
"word": "keskeneräinen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "suffices but requires additional work",
"word": "roboczy"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ašxatoġ",
"sense": "in paid employment",
"word": "աշխատող"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in paid employment",
"word": "erhvervsaktiv"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in paid employment",
"word": "työssäkäyvä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "working class",
"sense": "in paid employment",
"word": "työtätekevä"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "in paid employment",
"word": "yrkesaktiv"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "in paid employment",
"word": "yrkesaktiv"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ašxatankʿayin",
"sense": "of or relating to employment",
"word": "աշխատանքային"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rabotničeski",
"sense": "of or relating to employment",
"word": "работнически"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or relating to employment",
"word": "työ-"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of or relating to employment",
"word": "lavorativo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or relating to employment",
"word": "roboczy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "enough to allow one to use something",
"word": "riittävä"
}
],
"word": "working"
}
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