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workout

workout

236 2.0
A time when you do exercise to get fit
  • noun
  • /ˈwɜːrkaʊt/
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  • I took care of my patients, played my music, did my workouts, and jogged through the park.
  • a workout routine
  • workout schedule
  • aerobic workouts

Have to enjoy your workout on some level.

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Examples

  • Well, this is a real workout, I'll tell you.

  • I sweat so much in this workout it was crazy.

  • Would you like to start your workout this week or next week?

  • Why would someone drink this during their workout or after?

  • This is gonna be a better workout then I expected.

  • Are you ready to do the workout?

  • I'm trying to concentrate on my workout.

  • Participants are challenged to follow the leaders, experience a workout, and achieve fitness benefits.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Great workout, ladies.

  • After a long day at work, I always look forward to my workout at the gym.

Synonyms

exercise
vsworkout
455 1.0

Activity that makes your body stronger and healthier

is a focused time-limited session rather than the broad category of activity
exercising
vsworkout
9 1.0

Physical activity you do to keep fit and healthy

is used for a specific session period rather than the ongoing action
physical exercise
vsworkout
6 2.1

Planned activity that uses your muscles to keep you fit and healthy

is one discrete session aimed at fitness rather than the general ongoing activity
tune-up
vsworkout
1 3.4

A short practice session to prepare for a sport or event

is a general fitness session not focused on pre-event preparation

Antonyms

12 3.5

A period of time with no movement or action

Compounds

A planned set of exercises you do regularly to get fitter and healthier

Exercise you do at home instead of at a gym

A hard set of exercises that makes you very tired

Exercise with gentle movements like swimming or cycling that does not put much stress on the joints

1.4

A set of loose, comfortable clothes worn for exercise

How Intense

workout
236 2.0
light work
  • Informal
3 1.0
warm-up
35 2.7

Surface Forms

workout singular
workouts plural

Morphology

workout = work (transparent) = out + work

The noun is a direct compound/nominalization of 'work' + 'out' (from the phrasal verb 'work out' meaning to exercise), so learners familiar with the verb phrase can readily infer the meaning. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Workout is a simple English compound of work (meaning 'effort') and out (meaning 'outward'), creating the image of putting effort outward into your body. So a workout is a session of physical 'exercise' to improve fitness.