out
out - English
Alternative forms
- oute (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: out, IPA: /aʊt/
- (General Australian) IPA: /æɔt/, /æʊt/
- (Canada) IPA: /ʌʊt/
- (Scotland) IPA: /ɘʉt/
Adverb
out (not comparable)
- Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference.
- The magician tapped the hat, and a rabbit jumped out.
- Once they had landed, the commandos quickly spread out along the beach.
- For six hours the tide flows out, then for six hours it flows in.
- Away from home or one's usual place.
- Let’s eat out tonight
- Outside; not indoors.
- Last night we slept out under the stars.
- Away from; at a distance.
- Keep out!
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- Turn the lights out.
- Put the fire out.
- I painted out that nasty mark on the wall.
- To the end; completely.
- I haven’t finished. Hear me out.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- The place was all decked out for the holidays.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow.
- (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
- Wilson was bowled out for five runs.
Synonyms
- (not at home): away
Antonyms
- (not at home): in
Derived terms
- act out
- all out
- bottle out
- bowl out
- bug out
- camp out
- chicken out
- chill out
- churn out
- coffeed out
- come out
- come out of the closet
- coming out of one's ears
- crank out
- down and out
- eat one's heart out
- figure out
- flesh out
- foul out
- freak out
- freeze out
- geek out
- get out
- go all out
- go in one ear and out the other
- hang out
- hold out
- inside out
- iron out
- kick out
- kit out
- knock out
- lock out
- make out
- move out
- one eighty out
- opt out
- out-of-print
- out of
- out of action
- out of control
- out of fashion
- out of it
- out of joint
- out of luck
- out of one's mind
- out of place
- out of pocket
- out of practice
- out of proportion
- out of sorts
- out of stock
- out of the blue
- out of the ordinary
- out of the question
- out of the way
- out of the woods
- out of tune
- out of wedlock
- out of work
- out there
- out to
- out to get someone
- out to lunch
- out upon
- peter out
- pig out
- put out
- put out feelers
- rideout
- rub out
- suss out
- thought-out
- turn out
- wash out
- way out
- weed out
- wipe out
- zonk out
- zoom out
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Preposition
out
Usage notes
- The use of out as a preposition, as in look out the window, is standard in American, Australian, and New Zealand English, and is common in speech and informal contexts in Britain, but is not standard British English.
Synonyms
- (away from the inside): through
Antonyms
- (away from the inside): in
Derived terms
Translations
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In many languages there is no direct translation, as the idea expressed by the English adverb is expressed by a prefix in many languages. Other West Germanic languages are halfway in-between to some extent as it uses a prefix in the infinitive of its verbs, but often, though not always, separates the prefix into the same form as the English adverb when conjugating them.
- Dutch: usually expressed by the prefix uit-
- Esperanto: usually expressed by the prefix el- and/or preposition el (1), ekstere (2)
- Finnish: ablative case (-lta, -ltä) or elative case (-sta, -stä)
- German: usually expressed by the prefix aus-
- Hungarian: usually expressed by the prefix ki-
- Latin: usually expressed by the prefix ex-
- Latvian: usually expressed by the prefix iz-
- Russian: usually expressed by the prefix вы- (vy-), sometimes by вз- (vz-), воз- (voz-)
- Slovak: usually expressed by the prefix vy-, or sometimes z-
- Swedish: sometimes expressed by the prefix ut. In some cases considered somewhat formal.
Noun
out (plural outs)
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
- (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (dated) A trip out; an outing.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- Antonym: in
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
Descendants
Translations
Verb
out (third-person singular simple present outs, present participle outing, simple past and past participle outed)
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.
- (transitive, LGBT) To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- To kill; to snuff out.
Synonyms
- (reveal a secret): See also divulge
Descendants
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Adjective
out (not comparable)
- Not inside a place one might otherwise be expected to be, especially a place one was formerly or is customarily inside:
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement
- Sentenced to five years, he could be out in three with good behavior.
- Not inside or within something.
- I worked away cleaning the U-bend until all the gunge was out.
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- The TV won't work with the plug out!
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, falling or passing or being situated outside the bounds of the playing area.
- I thought the ball hit the line, but the umpire said it was out.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- He bowls, Johnson pokes at it […] and […] Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby!
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one.
- (of options) acceptable, permissible
- I've got diabetes so cookies are right out
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- Power is out in the entire city.
- My wi-fi is out.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- Most of the city got service back yesterday, but my neighborhood is still out.
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- school is out tomorrow due to snow; when college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state
- when school gets out today; after school's out I go to the library until my mom gets off work
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Black is out this season. The new black is white.
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- Open or public (about something).
- (LGBT) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- (LGBT) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- Freed from from secrecy.
- My secret is out.
- Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- The sun is out, and it's a lovely day.
- (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
- You can walk to the island when the tide's out.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
- Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out.
- (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
- Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out.
- The measurement was out by three millimetres.
Usage notes
- In cricket, the specific cause or rule under which a batsman is out appears after the word “out”, e.g., “out hit the ball twice”.
- In baseball, the cause is expressed as a verb with adverbial “out”, e.g., “he grounded out”.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
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Interjection
out
- (procedure word, especially military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
- Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.
- Get out; begone; away!
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also English phrasal verbs with particle (out)
terms derived from out (all parts of speech)
- all out
- come out
- down but not out
- eat out
- far out
- fit-out, fitout
- fitting-out
- go out
- on the outs
- out-
- out-and-back
- out-and-home
- out-of-course
- outback
- outer
- outer
- outing
- outmost
- outness
- out of
- out of course
- out of favour, out of favor
- out of turn
- outside
- outta
- outward
- outwards
- outworn
- printout
- pull out, pull-out, pullout
- put out
- run out
- share-out, shareout
- share out
- St Cuthbert Out
- talk out of turn
- way out
Related terms
Translations
out - Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ut/
Verb
out
- second-person singular present indicative of bezañ
out - Bukiyip
Pronunciation
- IPA: [əwutʰ]
Noun
out
out - Chinese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): au1
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: au1
- Yale: āu
- Cantonese Pinyin: au1
- Guangdong Romanization: eo1
- Sinological IPA : /ɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
out
Adjective
out
out - German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /aʊ̯t/, [ʔaʊ̯tʰ]
Adjective
out (indeclinable, predicative only)
- (colloquial) out of fashion
- Synonyms: altmodisch, unmodern
- Antonyms: angesagt; (colloquial) in
- (Austria, Switzerland, dated anywhere else, sports) ball crossing or landing outside of baseline or sideline (Association football: touchline) and thus becoming out of play
- Der Ball war out. ― The ball was out.
- Synonym: aus
Declension
Indeclinable, predicative-only.
Derived terms
out - Haitian Creole
Noun
out
out - Mauritian Creole
Noun
out
out - Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /out/
Adjective
out (comparative ouder, superlative outst)
Inflection
Adjective | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | out | oude | out | oude |
Definite | oude | oude | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | ouden | oude | out | oude |
Definite | oude | ||||
Genitive | outs | ouder | outs | ouder | |
Dative | ouden | ouder | ouden | ouden |
Derived terms
Descendants
out - Spanish
Noun
out m (plural outs)
out - Yola
Adverb
out
- Alternative form of udh