WORK OUT


Meaning of WORK OUT in English

transitive verb

1. : to effect by labor and exertion

work out your own salvation — Phil 2:12 (Authorized Version)

each novel's leading character works out his destiny — Otis Fellows

2.

a. : to solve (as a problem) by a process of reasoning or calculation

b. : to devise, arrange, or achieve especially by resolving difficulties or conflicts

a better route was worked out — G.R.Stewart

work out a plan of complete reconstruction — S.P.B.Mais

worked out a compromise agreement that ended the dispute

c. : develop , elaborate

whole sonata … was deeply felt and finely worked out — New York Times

though the final situation is not worked out with psychological profundity — Leslie Rees

3. : to discharge fully (as a debt) by labor instead of money payment

servants who had worked out their terms of servitude — R.A.Billington

4. : to exhaust (as a mine or vein) by working

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to prove effective or practicable or suitable

if the plan works out satisfactorily

b. : to amount to a total or calculated figure : come to a figure — used with at

this rate works out at an increase of 88° F for every mile … towards the center of the earth — W.E.Swinton

2. : to go through a training or practice session especially in an athletic specialty

works out daily with sparring partners

3. : to work outside the home as hired help : hire out

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.