work out

IPA: wˈɝkˈaʊt

verb

  • (transitive) To calculate.
  • (transitive) To make sense of.
  • (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.
  • (transitive) To smooth or perfect.
  • (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.
  • (intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
  • (intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
  • (transitive) To strengthen a part one’s body by exercise.
  • (intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
  • (transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
  • (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
  • (mining) To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.

workout

IPA: wˈɝkaʊt

noun

  • An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
  • A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
  • (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
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Examples of "workout" in Sentences

    Examples of "work-out" in Sentences

    • They can also purchase On Demand work-out programming.
    • "I need to miss my work-out at the gym because I have a report to prepare for work tomorrow," says work takes priority over play or fitness.
    • She says normal work-out clothes are suitable for racing, but she bought a pair of padded rowing pants HK$400 to make sitting in the boat more comfortable.
    • Many people (men and women) make the mistake of turning their partners into their "everything" -- lover, best friend, confidante, advisor, work-out partner.
    • Many people take it for granted that they should start their exercise routines with some stretching on the spot, perhaps hoping it will loosen them up for their work-out.
    • As dozens of beefy studs go through their work-out moves, Jane darts in and out of their routines singing lines like "I like big muscles, and red corpuscles, I like a beautiful hunk of man."
    • He had just sauntered in that Sunday afternoon when the conference was thinning out, wearing a light purple cotton shirt (or was it pink) and his trademark work-out Brahma boots, and characteristic gait.
    • And when I look at it, I'm sort of mystified, because if someone came in my office -- and [let's] take off our foreclosure-mitigation hat and just think about a work-out deal -- if someone comes in and says, 'Yes, I paid $250,000 for something.

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