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To arrive at an answer through logic or arithmetic
“It was fun being able to finally work out the crossword puzzle.”
To total or amount to a given (calculated) value
“All of your items will work out to a total of fifty dollars.”
To produce or develop, especially through effort or analysis
“Let's get together and work out a solution to this problem.”
To achieve or complete, especially through effort or analysis
“We were able to work out a simpler way of reporting and an ethical way of recording student participation.”
To settle or come to terms on a particular arrangement
“Both parties were finally able to work out a comprehensive deal after much negotiation.”
To eventuate or turn out, especially based on expectations
“You must be willing to face lack and rejection along with the reality that things never do work out the way you planned anyway.”
To be successful (as planned)
“This strategy will work out for Roger if interest rates rise in the near future.”
To understand or comprehend something
“I just cannot work out what he is trying to tell us.”
To learn or discover, especially through studying or searching
“The goal of science, which it sometimes reaches, is to work out facts that belong to nature.”
To engage in vigorous physical exercise
“I need to work out to maintain my muscle tone.”
Compute or estimate amount
To establish what something or who someone is
Score high marks
To criticize or correct, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc.
Keep in shape
To Take on a role (in the sense an actor has a role) and enacting or playing that character
Piece together
Sort itself out
Get rid of by work or effort
To arrive at a judgment or opinion by reasoning
To withstand scrutiny or criticism
Prepare for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practising gently beforehand
To explain meticulously or in great detail
To express internal feelings or thoughts
Quickly become friendly or intimate
To come to a judgment
To develop or be developed
To advance or to promote the growth of
To teach by rigorous and repeated exercises or training
To work out or be resolved
Deal or trade in something, typically illegal
To free from a tangled or twisted state
A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting
Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it
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