work out

verb

1. tr to achieve or accomplish by effort
2. tr to solve or find out by reasoning or calculation

   to work out an answer

   to work out a sum

3. tr to devise or formulate

   to work out a plan

4. intr to prove satisfactory or effective

   did your plan work out?

5. intr to happen as specified

   it all worked out well

6. intr to take part in physical exercise, as in training
7. tr to remove all the mineral in (a mine, body of ore, etc) that can be profitably exploited
8. intr; often foll by to or at to reach a total

   your bill works out at a pound

9. informal.
   tr to understand the real nature of

   I shall never work you out

noun

1. a session of physical exercise, esp for training or practice

Example Sentences

However, many details remain to be worked out — including that the department doesn’t even exist.

From Los Angeles Times

“That works out real well for both of us, don’t it?”

From Los Angeles Times

I was soon calling friends and family to work out the best way home to East Lothian.

From BBC

In a sports park next to the red walls and glossy blue tiles which surround Beijing’s Temple of Heaven, a group of pensioners are working out.

From BBC

On the turf, it never worked out that way.

From BBC

Related Words

• accomplish
• achieve
• arrange
• come out
• complete
• develop
• devise
• figure out
• fix
• form
• formulate
• handle
• happen
• resolve
• win