[Grammar] Work out

[anupumh]

Hi,

We work out a puzzle, what else can we work out?

Where can we use "work out"?

Thanks

 

[RonBee]

I would say figure out rather than work out. So perhaps you can use it where figure out would be used.

 

[anupumh]

I would say figure out rather than work out. So perhaps you can use it where figure out would be used.

You mean to say that over here it would be better to use, figure out.. We figure out a puzzle out...

I wanted to ask where else can this phrase work out be used in similar contexts??

 

[RonBee]

I think you could use it with math problems.

:roll:

 

[Barb_D]

If you have a sliver of wood in your hand, you have to try to work it out.
If something is difficult to read, you might say "work it out" (but more likely is "make it out").
You can work out a knot in your muscle.
If you have a drawstring that slips inside the hole (like sweat pants), trying to work the end back out is a chore.

 

[anupumh]

If you have a sliver of wood in your hand, you have to try to work it out.
If something is difficult to read, you might say "work it out" (but more likely is "make it out").
You can work out a knot in your muscle.
If you have a drawstring that slips inside the hole (like sweat pants), trying to work the end back out is a chore.

Thanks

But I am specifically looking for the usage of "work out" in different contexts.

Work it out I think is slightly different.

 

[Barb_D]

Come here so I can work out that sliver.
I can't work out what it says.
I've been rubbing and rubbing, but I can't work out that knot from between your shoulders.
You'll need to work out the end piece of that drawstring and then tie a bigger knot.

 

[mmasny]

'To work out' can also mean 'to exercise physically in order to get in shape'.
I used to work out every morning, when I was younger.

 

[mmasny]

If you have a sliver of wood in your hand, you have to try to work it out.

Why do I have to work out a sliver of wood? What does it mean?

 

[Barb_D]

When you were a child and playing on a wooden surface, did you never get a tiny piece of wood embedded in your hand? It would go in like the tip of a needle, but not leave enough sticking out to pull it out? So your mother would pull out a needle and a pair of tweezers and... (ugh, I hated that!)

 

[mmasny]

Oh yes, it did happen to me Now I understand what you meant. It turns out that I didn't know what a sliver was. Thought it was a stick that I was holding.

 

[Raymott]

Hi,

We work out a puzzle, what else can we work out?

Where can we use "work out"?

Thanks

To "work out" (v, intransitive) means to exercise, often in a gym - lifting weights, cycling, etc.
A: You look great! Have you been working out?
B: Yeah, I try to work out four times a week.

 

[Raymott]

Oh, and you can also work out problems in your personal relationships, as in the Beatles song:
"We Can Work It Out"
YouTube - The Beatles - We Can Work It Out

 

[vil]

Hi anupumh,

Here are a few synonyms of “work out” as well as a few sentences as illustrative models.

work out = calculate, clear up, figure out, formulate, produce, puzzle out, resolve, solve, sort out, understand, come to, develop, evolve, happen, pan out, result, turn out, arrange, construct, contrive, devise, invent, plan, put together, add up to, amount to, come out

The costs work out at L 50 a day.

work out = figure out; come to

The plan worked out.

work out = finish its work; prove effective

We have to work out an unsurmountable problem.

work out = decide, solve, settle, dispose of

He managed to work out a code message.

work out = decipher

That mine is now worked out.

The emotion worked itself out.

work out = run out of; exhaust a resource

This sum won't work out.

The plan worked out badly.

It worked out very well for me.

It is impossible to tell how the situation will work out.

work out = have a specific result

Your shirt has worked out.

He carries daily work-out.http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/eng_rus/333539/у

work-out = training

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=work+out&gwp=13

Regards,

V.

 

[RonBee]

A: How is it going on your new job?
B: Things have worked out well so far.