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(verb) do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"
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(verb) give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind"
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(verb) come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
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(verb) work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"
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(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"
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(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation
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(verb) be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000"
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(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"
syn. exercise · work · work up · elaborate · solve · figure out · puzzle out · lick · calculate · cipher · cypher · compute
WordNet 3.1