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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk |
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Définition of worked out
Origin :- Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
- Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
- In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.
- verb solve; satisfy
- Every day, as Howkawanda worked out the trail, he marked it with stone and tree-blazes.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- All would have worked out first rate, if I hadn't made one mistake.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- And so, with a snort and a puff, he worked out by another door.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Christian Vellacott had worked out most problems in life for himself.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- It is written by a deep grave German, and it is worked out in the deep grave German way.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- The plan seemed to have been worked out with infinite detail.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- It had all worked out just as it should, proving where a love of showing-off would get you.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- When it is worked out, the man is at the end of his resources.
- Extract from : « Quotes and Images From The Works of Charles Dudley Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner
- We could have borrowed it, I'm sure; he and I could have worked out the debt together.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Fine fleshy wrinkles and skin details can be worked out with this compo.
- Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
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