Meaning & use
working
Functioning correctly, or currently employed and engaged in a job or task.
See it in a sentence
We finally got the old radio into working order after replacing the batteries.
As a working parent, she juggles a full-time job with raising two kids.
A note on using this word
"A working knowledge" means enough understanding to function practically, not deep expertise.
Words with a similar meaning
functioningoperationalemployed
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Words with an opposite meaning
brokenunemployed
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