As a noun or an adjective, workout is one word. As a verb, it’s two words—work out. So, for instance, when it’s workout time, you start your workout, work out for a while, and stop.
Is work out one word?
Explanation: Here’s the rule, for work out, set up, log in and so on: As a verb, use two words: You work out.
How do you define working out?
1 : a practice or exercise to test or improve one’s fitness for athletic competition, ability, or performance. 2 : a test of one’s ability, capacity, stamina, or suitability. 3 : an undertaking or plan intended to resolve a problem of indebtedness especially in lieu of bankruptcy or foreclosure proceedings.
Why is it called working out?
Sense of “exhaust (a mine, etc.) by working it” is from 1540s. The pugilistic sense of “box for practice (rather than in a contest) is by 1927, hence the general sense of “practice, rehearse” (1929) and that of “take exercise” (by 1948).
