Workings
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Workings is a noun meaning plural of working.
Meaning
plural of working.
More Meanings
- The internal mechanism of some device or system.
- The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.
Example Sentences
The main platforms are unusually far apart, because the two centre tracks were lifted after the East Coast Main Line was diverted in 1983 to avoid now defunct new coal workings.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
Synonyms for workings
Depending on context, synonyms include works, working.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mechanics, wheels, yards, proceedings, actions, activities.
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