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working definitions

working definitions is the plural of working definition.

Meaning of working definition

Noun

working definition (plural working definitions)

  1. A definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions.
    • Not knowing of established definitions would be grounds for selecting or devising a working definition.
  2. A definition being developed; a tentative definition that can be tailored to create an authoritative definition.

Questions about working definitions

What is working definitions the plural of?
Working definitions is the plural of working definition.

Words near working definitions in the dictionary

  1. working classes
  2. working conditions
  3. working day
  4. working days
  5. working definition
  6. working definitions
  7. working directories
  8. working directory
  9. working dog
  10. working dogs
  11. working drawing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: working definitions (page history and authors); working definition (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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