work out

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wurk out]
- /wɜrk aʊt/
- /wɜːk ˈaʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wurk out]
- /wɜrk aʊt/

Definitions of work out words

noun work out exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. 1
noun work out productive or operative activity. 1
noun work out employment, as in some form of industry, especially as a means of earning one's livelihood: to look for work. 1
noun work out one's place of employment: Don't phone him at work. 1
noun work out something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking: The students finished their work in class. 1
noun work out materials, things, etc., on which one is working or is to work. 1

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Origin of work out

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (noun) Middle English worke, Old English worc, replacing Middle English werk(e), Old English weorc, cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon werk, Old High German werah, werc (German Werk), Old Norse verk, Greek érgon; (v.) Middle English worken, derivative of the noun, replacing Middle English wyrchen, Old English wyrcean; cognate with German wirken, Old Norse verkja, Gothic waurkjan

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Parts of speech for Work out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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work out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for work out

verb work out

accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
arrive at — to reach by traveling

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