'work out' definitions:
Definition of 'work out'
From: WordNet
verb
Come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client" [syn: work out, work up]
verb
Happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well; "Things worked out in an interesting way"; "Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed"
verb
Work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: elaborate, work out]
verb
Do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day" [syn: exercise, work out]
verb
Be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000"
verb
Make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure]
verb
Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work]
verb
Synonyms of 'work out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- add,
- adjust,
- algebraize,
- amplify,
- answer,
- arrange,
- attain,
- attend,
- become of,
- bottom,
- bring off,
- calculate,
- carry into effect,
- carry into execution,
- carry off,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- cast,
- cipher,
- clear up,
- close,
- close with,
- come about,
- come of,
- come out,
- come through,
- compass,
- complete,
- compose,
- compute,
- concert,
- conclude,
- consummate,
- contrive,
- crack,
- cut out,
- deal with,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- descant,
- design,
- detail,
- develop,
- devise,
- dilate,
- discharge,
- disentangle,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- divide,
- divine,
- do,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- dope,
- dope out,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- elaborate,
- enact,
- end,
- enlarge,
- enlarge upon,
- ensue,
- enter into detail,
- estimate,
- eventuate,
- evolve,
- execute,
- expand,
- expatiate,
- explain,
- explicate,
- extract roots,
- fall out,
- fare,
- fathom,
- fetch,
- figure,
- figure in,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- fix,
- follow,
- forecast,
- frame,
- fulfill,
- get,
- get right,
- get through,
- go into,
- go through,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- implement,
- intend,
- interpret,
- issue,
- knock off,
- labor,
- lay plans,
- make,
- make a projection,
- make arrangements,
- make out,
- make up,
- manage,
- measure,
- methodize,
- multiply,
- open the lock,
- organize,
- pan out,
- particularize,
- perform,
- plan,
- plan ahead,
- plumb,
- polish off,
- prearrange,
- produce,
- program,
- project,
- prove,
- prove to be,
- psych,
- psych out,
- put away,
- put in practice,
- put into effect,
- put into practice,
- put through,
- puzzle out,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- realize,
- reckon,
- rehearse in extenso,
- relate at large,
- resolve,
- result,
- riddle,
- schedule,
- schematize,
- score,
- set up,
- settle,
- settle with,
- shape,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- straighten out,
- subtract,
- succeed,
- systematize,
- take account of,
- take care of,
- tally,
- terminate,
- translate into action,
- turn out,
- turn the trick,
- undo,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- untangle,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- work,
- work up
Words containing 'work out'
- To work at,
- To work in,
- To work into,
- To work off,
- To work out,
- To work up,
- Work,
- Worked,
- Workful,
- Working,
- at work,
- do work,
- in the works,
- out of work,
- work against,
- work at,
- work for,
- work in,
- work off,
- work on,
- work over,
- work through,
- work up,
- worked up,
- working out,
- workings,
- works,
- Bantam work,
- Basket work,
- Berlin work,
- Bolster work,
- Brick works,
- Church work,
- Coal works,
- Copper works,
- Crown work,
- Day's work,
- Drawn work,
- False works,
- Finished work,
- Gatch work,
- Gingerbread work,
- Glass works,
- Hand work,
- Iron works,
- Lip work,
- Loam work,
- Louver work,
- Machine work,
- Master work,
- Mosaic work,
- Muscular work,
- Neat work,
- Nulled work,
- Print works,
- Public works,
- Purfled work,
- Random work,
- Range work,
- Reticulated work,
- Rustic work,
- Sabrina work,
- Sorrento work,
- Stream works,
- Tabernacle work,
- Table work,
- To go to work,
- To set at work,
- To set on work,
- To set to work,
- To strike work,
- To work a passage,
- To work a traverse,
- To work the goaf,
- To work the gob,
- To work to windward,
- Topiary work,
- Unit of work,
- Upper works,
- Vermicular work,
- Vermiculated work,
- Virtual work,
- Working beam,
- Working class,
- Working day,
- Working drawing,
- Working house,
- Working model,
- Working pit,
- Working point,
- Works of supererogation,
- art work,
- body of work,
- cold work,
- complete works,
- detective work,
- dirty work,
- dramatic work,
- drove work,
- electrical work,
- field work,
- intelligence work,
- line of work,
- literary work,
- missionary work,
- piece of work,
- police work,
- put to work,
- reference work,
- scut work,
- sewage works,
- social work,
- tambour work,
- undercover work,
- welfare work,
- whole works,
- work animal,
- work bench,
- work camp,
- work day,
- work flow,
- work force,
- work in progress,
- work load,
- work of art,
- work papers,
- work party,
- work permit,
- work shift,
- work shoe,
- work song,
- work stoppage,
- work study,
- work surface,
- work table,
- work time,
- work to rule,
- work toward,
- work unit,
- work well,
- work wonders,
- work-in,
- working agreement,
- working capital,
- working dog,
- working girl,
- working group,
- working man,
- working memory,
- working papers,
- working party,
- working person,
- working principle,
- working rule,
- works council,
- works covenant of,
- works good,
- works program,
- Grotto-work,
- Repouss'e work,
- To work double tides,
- Tut-work,
- Wonder-working,
- Working-day,
- dye-works,
- hot-work,
- make-work,
- pis'e work,
- work-board,
- work-clothes,
- work-clothing,
- work-shirt,
- work-shy,
- working-class,
- hot-work steel,
- sheet-metal work,
- tool-and-die work,
- work-study program,
- propertyless wage-earning working-class blue-collar