see|workout|work-out
English

Verb
en-verb|inf=to work out|works out|working out|worked out

1. transitive (with object after out) To calculate.

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

1. transitive To make sense of.

#:I can't work these instructions out.
#:Can you work out how to get to the university by car?

1. transitive (with object between work and out) To extract gradually.

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

1. intransitive To conclude with the correct solution.

#:These figures just don't work out.

1. intransitive To succeed.

#:Are you still seeing John? - No, it didn't work out.

1. intransitive To habitually exercise rigorously, especially by lifting weights, in order to increase strength or muscle mass or maintain fitness.

#:Wow, you're looking good! Do you work out?

Quotations
1971, Carol King, �So Far Away�, Tapestry, Ode Records
:If I could only work this life out my way / I�d rather spend it bein' close to you.

Translations
trans-top|To calculate
Finnish: t+|fi|laskea
Spanish: t+|es|sacar
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Swedish: räkna ut, beräkna
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trans-top|To make sense of
Swedish: räkna ut, få rätsida på
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trans-top|To extract gradually
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trans-top|To conclude with the correct solution
Swedish: gå ut
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trans-top|To succeed
Finnish: t+|fi|toimia
trans-mid
Swedish: t+|sv|fungera
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trans-top|To habitually exercise rigorously
Finnish: treenata
Spanish: t+|es|entrenar
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Swedish: träna
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es:work out
io:work out
it:work out
ja:work out

• 2007-11-18 20:50 - Tbot - added t for fi, es, sv

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