Antonyms for workings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wur-king

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr kɪŋ

Definition of workings

Origin : Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.

As in mechanism : noun machine, device
As in mechanism : noun means, method
As in modus operandi : noun manner of operating
As in nuts and bolts : noun basic parts
As in performance : noun efficiency
As in play : noun latitude, range
As in process : noun method; series of actions to achieve result
As in reckoning : noun computation, account
As in running : noun management of organization
As in insides : noun interior
As in mechanics : noun mechanical details
As in functioning : noun operation
As in cultivation : noun development of land for growing

Example sentences :

I observe the workings of unemotional law and sometimes record them.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

What were the workings of that intricate celestial brain none can say.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Certainly, many of the workings of Nature are wonderful, but they are not supernatural.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

She did not understand the workings of Pee-wee's active and fickle mind.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

I was but showing how closely the Evil One can imitate the workings of the Spirit.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

It was like a toilsome passage through the workings of an iron mine.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

One of the boys, a bombardier from a Fort, explained the workings of the camp.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

He could not in the least be sure about any of the workings of her mind.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

How little are the workings of genius understood by the "painstaking" ones.
Extract from : « The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use » by Henry Saint-George

Pity has ever been the weakness of my nature; I feel its workings even as I write this.
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for workings

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