1. the practical result or consequence of something; the way something works out in practice
Usage: formal

Examples

• The new policy’s outworking will be evident in next quarter’s results.
• We need to consider the practical outworking of these theoretical principles.
• The outworking of the merger created unexpected challenges for employees.
• His philosophy found its outworking in his daily charitable acts.
• The outworking of the economic reforms took several years to materialize.
• They studied the outworking of democracy in different cultural contexts.