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working in

working in is the present participle and gerund of work in.

Meaning of work in

Verb

work in (third-person singular simple present works in, present participle working in, simple past and past participle worked in)

  1. (transitive) To find time or space for, amid other things.
    • It'll be a tight schedule, but we can work you in.
  2. (transitive) To work out using a machine in between the sets of someone who is already using that machine.
    • Is it okay if I work in while you rest?
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, in.
    • Next, you have to work the eggs in the batter.

Questions about working in

What is working in the present participle and gerund of?
Working in is the present participle and gerund of work in.

Words near working in in the dictionary

  1. working horse
  2. working horses
  3. working hours
  4. working hypotheses
  5. working hypothesis
  6. working in
  7. working into the ground
  8. working knowledge
  9. working language
  10. working languages
  11. working life

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Adapted from Wiktionary: working in (page history and authors); work in (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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