Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"
"We worked up an ad for our client"
Verb group:
elaborate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 3
"Things worked out in an interesting way"
"Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 4
"She works out in the gym every day"
Entails:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 5
"elaborate a plan"
Verb group:
work up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 6
"did you solve the problem?"
"Work out your problems with the boss"
"this unpleasant situation isn''t going to work itself out"
"did you get it?"
"Did you get my meaning?"
"He"
Type of:
understand
Entails:
reason
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 7
"Some parents exercise their infants"
"My personal trainer works me hard"
"work one''s muscles"
Kinds of:
warm up
Verb group:
exercise
Causes:
exercise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 8
Type of:
reason
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
Semantic Complexity
87%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
69
Times Searched
5
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