English Dictionary

work out

/ˌwəːk ˈaʊt/

verb

(transitive, with object after out) To calculate. / (transitive) To make sense of. / (transitive) To smooth or perfect. / (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.

I work out at the gym every morning.

意味（1）

(transitive, with object after out) To calculate.

Can you work out 250 × 12 in your head for me?

意味（2）

(transitive) To make sense of.

I can't work these instructions out.

意味（3）

(transitive) To smooth or perfect.

This is a beta version; we're still working out the kinks.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.

These figures just don't work out.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.

Are you still seeing John? – No, it didn't work out.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.

John won't be here for a while because he's working out.

意味（7）

(transitive) To strengthen a part one’s body by exercise.

To work out your core

意味（8）

(intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.

The two Russians made good farmhands, and in summer they worked out together.

意味（9）

(transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.

Ah! if man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation!

意味（10）

(transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.

Using some tweezers, he worked the bee sting out of his hand.