Hyphenation of WORKING

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word WORKING? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

WORK-ING

Definitions of WORKING:

1.	A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
2.	Actively engaged in paid work The working population The ratio of working men to unemployed A working mother Robots can be on the job day and night
3.	Adequate for practical use Especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something The party has a working majority in the House A working knowledge of Spanish
4.	Adopted as a temporary basis for further work A working draft A working hypothesis
5.	(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing In running (or working) order A functional set of brakes
6.	Serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity Discussed the working draft of a peace treaty They need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects

Synonyms of WORKING:

adj	on the job, employed
adj	practical
adj	impermanent, temporary
adj	running, operative, functional, functioning
adj	operative
noun	workings, excavation, hole in the ground

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.