noun
a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved
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the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks
• Syn: ↑working party
• Hypernyms: ↑unit, ↑social unit
• Hyponyms: ↑expedition
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ˈworking party [working party working parties] (BrE) (also ˈworking group NAmE, BrE) noun countable + singular or plural verb \working group (on sth)
a group of people chosen to study a particular problem or situation in order to suggest ways of dealing with it
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The government has set up a working party on prison overcrowding.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.