work out
v.
work hard; complete; calculate, figure out; develop, take place or occur in a certain way; exercise, exert oneself physically, do physical exercise
Work Out
work out
Verb
1. come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
(synonym) work up
(hypernym) develop, make grow
(verb-group) elaborate
2. 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"
(hypernym) turn out, come out
3. work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"
(synonym) elaborate
(hypernym) develop, make grow
(verb-group) work up
4. do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"
(synonym) exercise
(hyponym) limber up, warm up, loosen up
(entail) move
(verb-group) exercise, work
(derivation) exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout
5. be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000"
(hypernym) total, number, add up, come, amount
(verb-group) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, reckon, figure
6. make a mathematical calculation or computation
(synonym) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, reckon, figure
(hypernym) reason
(hyponym) quantize, quantise
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
7. 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"
(synonym) solve, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
(hypernym) understand
(hyponym) answer, resolve
(entail) reason
8. give a work-out to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"
(synonym) exercise, work
(hypernym) work, put to work
(hyponym) warm up
(cause) exercise
(verb-group) exercise
(derivation) exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout
work out
plan, develop I spent the weekend trying to work out the budget estimates for next year.