workout

See also: work out

English

Etymology

Deverbal from work out.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/

Noun

workout (plural workouts)

1. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
   • 2008, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming, page 157:

     The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.

2. A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
   • 2007, Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey, page 170:

     If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.

   • 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350

     I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!

3. (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
   • 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 May 2019:

     After the camera pans around and we welcome back a lot of familiar faces (Edmure Tully! Yara Greyjoy! Brienne!), the themes of opposition to fate, emotional appeals, and ethical duty get an even better workout.

   • 2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41:

     Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.

Derived terms

• workout day
• workout warrior

 

Translations

an exercise session; a period of physical exercise

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: məşq (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍛煉／锻炼 (zh) (duànliàn) or 鍛鍊／锻炼 (zh) (duànliàn)

• Danish: træningspas n
• Dutch: training (nl) f, oefening (nl) f
• Esperanto: trejnado
• Finnish: treenit (fi)
• French: entraînement (fr) m
• Galician: adestramento (gl) m
• Georgian: ვარჯიში (varǯiši)
• German: Workout (de) m, Workout (de) n, Training (de) n, Fitnesstraining (de) n
• Greek: προπόνηση (el) f (propónisi)
• Hebrew: התעמלות (he) f (hit'amlút)
• Italian: allenamento (it) m
• Japanese: 運動 (ja) (うんどう, undō), トレーニング (ja) (torēningu), ワークアウト (wākuauto)
• Khmer: ការហាត់ប្រាណ (kaahatpraan)
• Korean: 운동(運動) (ko) (undong)
• Norwegian: treningsøkt
• Persian: تمرین (fa) (tamrin)
• Polish: trening (pl) m
• Portuguese: treino (pt) m, malhação (pt) f
• Russian: трениро́вка (ru) f (treniróvka), ворка́ут (ru) m (vorkáut) (neologism)
• Spanish: entrenamiento (es) m
• Swedish: träningspass (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

schedule or program of exercises, especially with a goal

• Dutch: training (nl) f
• Esperanto: trejnado
• Italian: allenamento (it) m
• Polish: trening (pl) m
• Spanish: entrenamiento (es) m

activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain

• Dutch: work-out (nl) m
• Swedish: träning (sv) c

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