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1.
to calculate sth :
to work out the answer
2.
to find the answer to sth
SYN solve :
to work out a problem
[+ wh- ]
Can you work out what these squiggles mean?
I couldn't work out where the music was coming from.
3.
to plan or think of sth :
I've worked out a new way of doing it.
4.
[ usually passive ] to remove all the coal, minerals, etc. from a mine over a period of time :
a worked-out silver mine