Meaning & use
Workings
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The way in which the parts of a system, organization, or mechanism operate or function together.
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The engineer explained the inner workings of the engine to the trainees.
Few people understand the workings of the tax code without professional help.
A note on using this word
Almost always used in the plural, especially in the phrase 'inner workings', to describe how something operates internally.
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mechanismoperations
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