# workings

Pronunciation: say "WUR-kingz" US /ˈwɝkɪŋz/, UK /ˈwɜːkɪŋz/

## Noun

1. The internal mechanism by which a device or system operates.
   - Simple: The hidden parts inside a machine or system that make it work.
   - _The report laid bare the workings of the city's budget process._
   - _He never fully understood the inner workings of the old grandfather clock._
2. Plural of working. — plural of working.
   - Simple: Plural of working. Use this form when you mean more than one working.
   - _The documentary offers a rare look at the inner workings of the Supreme Court._
   - _Surveyors mapped the abandoned workings beneath the hillside._
3. The sections of a quarry or mine that are currently being worked, or that have been worked in the past.
   - Simple: The areas of a mine or quarry where people dig out rock or coal.
   - _Geologists surveyed the abandoned workings for any remaining ore._
   - _Water seeped into the lower workings, halting all extraction for the week._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/workings (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).