work out

Meaning

1. (transitive) To calculate.
2. (transitive) To make sense of.
3. (transitive) To decide.
4. (transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
5. (transitive) To resolve; to find a solution for.
6. (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.
7. (transitive) To smooth or perfect.
8. (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.
9. (intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
10. (intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
11. (transitive) To strengthen a part of one’s body by exercise.
12. (US, intransitive) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
13. (intransitive, transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
14. To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.

Synonyms

calculate

figure

exercise

count

🔢

reckon

work

train

🚋

compute

elaborate

develop

figure out

puzzle out

manufacture

solve

work up

number

🔢

cipher

estimate

cypher

practise

produce

investigate

tally

drill

practice

prepare

add up

lick

pan out

😡

decode

account

finish

perfect

conjecture

guess

deal

cultivate

count up

carry

begin

contrive

enumerate

enclose

consult

build up

beat

encircle

end

🔚

concoct

educate

Translations

calcular

calcular

compter

🔢

calculer

calcolare

elaborar

tellen

🔢

resolver

ausarbeiten

calculare

calcular

uitrekenen

berekenen

rechnen

🔢

rekenen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌwɜːk ˈaʊt/