Work out meaning
Work out is a phrasal verb with 9 meanings. One of them is to perform the calculation needed to obtain a numerical answer.
- Past simple
- worked out
- Past participle
- worked out
- -ing form
- working out
What work out means
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To perform the calculation needed to obtain a numerical answer
Can you work out the total cost including tax?
8 more meanings of work out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With work: work against/for someone, work at, work off, work on, work over, work through, work up, work up to.
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does work out mean?
It has 9 meanings. One of them is to perform the calculation needed to obtain a numerical answer. The other 8, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of work out?
Worked out, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
