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Meanings of workings in English

Portuguese
trabalhos

The internal mechanism of a device.

trabalhos
Catalan
explotació
Spanish
explotación

A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked.

explotació
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Examples for "works"
Examples for "works"
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The real question, however, is whether a given herbal product actually works.
The Irish Times
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According to Boucher, Competition is good for consumers, and competition clearly works.
Wired
3
It is to form a technical basis for future coastal protection works.
The Irish Times
4
I don't think that works well in the market economy, Buffett said.
Reuters
5
In reality, however, it works by the application of sufficiently advanced technology.
The book of xen
Usage of workings in English
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I doubt this heightened state was caused by the drug's pharmacological workings.
The Guardian
2
He had a fine understanding of the workings of large Diesel engines.
American empire: blood and iron
3
If they even wanted the workings here, then at least I'd understand.
Empire in black and gold
4
Maddy needed no workings to know what her enemy was doing there.
Runemarks
5
Yes, I have insights now that I know more of these workings.
The Great Book of Amber
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They must bow to the workings of it along with the rest.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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Yet the exact workings and nature of their influence are fiercely disputed.
The Guardian
8
As we know it in reality we have simply crystalized its workings.
The Jericho Road
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The remark reveals keen insight into the workings of French public opinion.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
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Fritz explained the workings of the machine while we were aloft to-day.
The Boy Allies at Liège; Or, Through Lines of Steel
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Yet he knew what they did not -theworkings of men's minds.
Vlad. The Last Confession
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I'm interested in the workings of institutions and power in everyday life.
The Guardian
13
I can never manage to understand the workings of the superstitious mind.
To Honor You Call Us
14
It talks of the workings of the holy spirit in the heart.
Wolf hall
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They gave up trying to understand the inner workings of the mind.
Wired
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He should, to a certain extent, understand the workings of Natural Law.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 / A Maga...
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Portuguese
trabalhos
Workings through the time
Workings across language varieties
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United Kingdom
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