Hyphenation of workings

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

work-ings

Definitions of workings:

1.	The internal mechanism of a device
2.	A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
3.	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
4.	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
5.	Adopted as a temporary basis for further work A working draft A working hypothesis
6.	(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing In running (or working) order A functional set of brakes
7.	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 workings:

noun	works, mechanism
noun	working, excavation, hole in the ground
noun	working, excavation, hole in the ground

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.