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動詞

work out (third-person singular simple present works out, present participle working out, simple past and past participle worked out)

1. (transitive) To calculate.

   Can you work out 250 × 12 in your head for me?

   Can you work out how to get to the university by car?

   • 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:

     You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.

2. (transitive) To make sense of.

   Synonyms: figure out, sort out

   I can't work these instructions out.

3. (transitive) To decide.

   Synonyms: determine, judge; see also Thesaurus:decide

   I can't work out if I like him or not.

4. (transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.

   Near-synonyms: hash out, hammer out

   I think we can work out a compromise.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     "Ah! if man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation!"

5. (transitive) To resolve; to find a solution for.

   Synonyms: puzzle out, reason out, think out; see also Thesaurus:solve

   Near-synonyms: straighten out, sort out

   They managed to work out their differences.

   • 2025 February 3, Tom Phillips, Richard Partington, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump agrees to pause Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Trump hinted that Britain might be spared tariffs, saying: “I think that one can be worked out”.

6. (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.

   Near-synonyms: plan out, lay out

   to work out a plan

7. (transitive) To smooth or perfect.

   Near-synonyms: iron out, smooth out

   This is a beta version; we're still working out the kinks.

8. (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.

   Near-synonym: add up

   These figures just don't work out.

9. (intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.

   Near-synonym: pan out

   Are you still seeing John? – No, it didn't work out.

   • 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131:

     As everyone knows, almost all booked passenger and freight trains are diagrammed into rosters for engines and men, and in an operating Utopia everything would work out daily according to plan.

10. (intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.

    Hyponym: pump iron

    John won't be here for a while because he's working out.

    Wow, you're looking good! Do you work out?

    • 2018, “She Works Out Too Much”, in Little Dark Age, performed by MGMT:

      Alright, here we go! / Five, four, three, two, and one / Are you ready to work out?

11. (transitive) To strengthen a part of one’s body by exercise.

    To work out your core

    • 1990 December 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 12:

      Hot, worked-out body and a creative mind possessed by this hunky, handsome, married guy.

12. (intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
    • 1918, Willa Cather, chapter 5, in My Ántonia‎, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 38:

      The two Russians made good farmhands, and in summer they worked out together.

    • 1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 13, in The Grapes of Wrath‎, New York: Viking, published 1958, page 201:

      […] with them good wages, maybe a fella can get hisself a little piece a land an’ work out for extra cash.

13. (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work,‎ out.

    Using some tweezers, he worked the bee sting out of his hand.

    He works out of a small office shared with three others.

14. (mining) To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.

    Coordinate term: peter out

    The gravel pit had been worked out.

    A worked-out chalk pit or quarry

引用

• 1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records

  If I could only work this life out my way / I’d rather spend it bein' close to you.

• 2009, Reif Larsen, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, Penguin Books, page 41:

  "I have some questions I need to work out. Big questions."

派生語

• work it out on the remix

関連する語

• workout

参考

• exercise

参照

• “work out”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “work out”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• outwork

語源

Deverbal from work out.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/

名詞

workout (plural workouts)

1. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
   • 2008, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming, page 157:

     The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.

   • 2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNN‎:

     Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.

   • 2025 July 8, Issy Ronald, “Matching your workouts to your personality could make exercise more enjoyable and give better results”, in CNN‎:

     More extroverted people, for example, prefer high-intensity training sessions with others, such as team sports, while people who scored highly on “neuroticism,” a metric that measures someone’s emotional instability, preferred private workouts without people watching them and punctuated by short breaks.

2. A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
   • 2007, Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey, page 170:

     If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.

   • 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350

     I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!

3. (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
   • 2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41:

     Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.

   • 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:

     After the camera pans around and we welcome back a lot of familiar faces (Edmure Tully! Yara Greyjoy! Brienne!), the themes of opposition to fate, emotional appeals, and ethical duty get an even better workout.

派生語

アナグラム

• outwork