Thesaurus / workings
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synonyms for workings
- instrument
- structure
- system
- tool
- apparatus
- appliance
- components
- contrivance
- doohickey
- gadget
- gears
- gimmick
- innards
- machinery
- motor
- works
- black box
- rule of thumb
- approach
- manner
- manner of working
- means
- method
- method of functioning
- method of operating
- method of operation
- MO
- M.O.
- mode of operation
- modus vivendi
- procedure
- process
- system
- technique
- way
- way of doing things
- bare bones
- basic details
- basics
- brass tacks
- essentials
- fundamentals
- innards
- inner workings
- mechanics
- nitty-gritty
- no frills
- practical details
- practicalities
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How to use workings in a sentence
The Boulton and Watt low-pressure engine did not work well with the high steam, and the water rose in the mine workings.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKThe inner workings of their corporeal mechanism is no mystery for him.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHETen shillings and Jaffery's peremptory order to stick to his side and obey him slavishly took the place of intellectual workings.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKEThe workings of the world were certainly beyond his understanding; the ways of Nature he was in close touch with.
MENOTAHERNEST G. HENHAMThere was always something impetuous in the workings of his intellect, as well as the rush of his sympathy.
GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN. VOL. 4 OF 8VARIOUSBut the circumstances which surrounded the workings of the Empire Lake project were far from ordinary.
THE WHITE DESERTCOURTNEY RYLEY COOPERBut even such as these can find truth only by interrogating the dim silent workings of the people's mind.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGWell, Edward Garden's a cleverer man than I, and you can hardly expect me to explain the workings of his mind to you in detail.
MUSHROOM TOWNOLIVER ONIONSDirect and painful verities were best tolerated by the reading public when exhibited as instances of the workings of natural law.
THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEThus they made the complete circuit of the workings—and without finding any trace of Delray.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSWORDS RELATED TO WORKINGS
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