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WURK-owt/ˈwɜːkaʊt/

A workout is a session of exercise: a gym workout, a short workout, after a workout. Exercise is the general idea; a workout is one planned session. Training can be longer or for sport. One word. Do not write work out as two words when you mean the noun — the verb work out also means solve or go to the gym.

Meaning

A period of physical exercise.

Examples

• “She does a short workout before breakfast.”
• “His morning workout is twenty minutes of stretching.”
• “They filmed a home workout during the holidays.”

Good to know

a gym / short workout (one word). Wider: exercise. Verb extra: work out (solve / go to the gym).

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