work out

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verb

1. come up with (Freq. 16)
- His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
- We worked up an ad for our client
• Syn:
work up
• Hypernyms:
develop, make grow
• Verb Group:
elaborate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well (Freq. 8)
- Things worked out in an interesting way
- Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed
• Hypernyms:
turn out, come out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. work out in detail (Freq. 6)
- elaborate a plan
• Syn:
elaborate
• Derivationally related forms:
elaboration (for: elaborate)
• Hypernyms:
develop, make grow
• Verb Group:
work up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. do physical exercise (Freq. 5)
- She works out in the gym every day
• Syn:
exercise
• Derivationally related forms:
workout, exercise (for: exercise), exerciser (for: exercise), exercising (for: exercise)
• Hyponyms:
limber up, warm up, loosen up, train, tumble,
tone, tone up, strengthen, weight-lift, weightlift, press
• Verb Group:
exercise, work
• Entailment:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
5. be calculated
- The fees work out to less than $1,000
• Hypernyms:
total, number, add up, come, amount
• Verb Group:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, reckon, figure
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
6. 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, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
• Derivationally related forms:
workable (for: work), solution (for: solve), solver (for: solve), solvent (for: solve), solving (for: solve)
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Hyponyms:
answer, resolve, riddle, strike, guess,
infer, break
• Entailment:
reason
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. 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
• Syn:
exercise, work
• Derivationally related forms:
workout, exercise (for: exercise), exerciser (for: exercise)
• Hypernyms:
work, put to work
• Hyponyms:
warm up
• Verb Group:
exercise
• Cause:
exercise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
8. make a mathematical calculation or computation
• Syn:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, reckon, figure
• See Also:
figure out (for: figure), reckon (for: reckon)
• Derivationally related forms:
figure (for: figure), figurer (for: figure), figuring (for: figure), reckoner (for: reckon), reckoning (for: reckon), computation (for: compute), computer (for: compute), cypher (for: cypher), cipher (for: cipher), calculable (for: calculate), calculus (for: calculate), calculation (for: calculate), calculator (for: calculate)
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
reason
• Hyponyms:
quantize, quantise, extract, process, prorate,
miscalculate, misestimate, recalculate, average, average out, factor,
factor in, factor out, add, add together, subtract, deduct,
take off, multiply, divide, fraction, interpolate, extrapolate,
differentiate, integrate, survey, estimate, gauge, approximate,
approximate, judge, budget, capitalize, capitalise,
resolve, solve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE