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out

UK/ˈäʊ̯t/ US/ˈawt/ very common informal slang uk
adverb (4) adjective (10) noun (1) verb (3)

adverb

1.

outside of an enclosed space

  • “she is out”
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2.

outward from a reference point

  • “he kicked his legs out”
3.

away from home

  • “they went out last night”
4.

from one''s possession

  • “he gave out money to the poor”
  • “gave away the tickets”
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adjective

1.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

  • “he was tagged out at second on a close play”
  • “he fanned out”
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2.

of a fire; being out or having grown cold

  • “threw his extinct cigarette into the stream”
  • “the fire is out”
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3.

not worth considering as a possibility

  • “a picnic is out because of the weather”
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4.

out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

  • “now the Democrats are out”
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5.

excluded from use or mention

  • “forbidden fruit”
  • “in our house dancing and playing cards were out”
  • “a taboo subject”
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6.

directed outward or serving to direct something outward

  • “the out doorway”
  • “the out basket”
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7.

no longer fashionable

  • “that style is out these days”
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8.

outside or external

  • “the out surface of a ship”
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9.

outer or outlying

  • “the out islands”
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10.

noun

1.

(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

  • “you only get 3 outs per inning”

verb

1.

to state openly and publicly one''s homosexuality

  • “This actor outed last year”
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2.

reveal somebody else''s homosexuality

  • “This actor was outed last week”
3.

be made known; be disclosed or revealed

  • “The truth will out”
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Origin

From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition & adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”); and Old English ūte (“outside; without”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūtai (“out; outside”); both from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”).

Phrases

  • act out
  • all out
  • bear out Terms derived from out (all parts of speech)
  • blow out Terms derived from out (all parts of speech)
  • bottle out
  • bowl out
  • bug out
  • camp out
  • chicken out
  • chill out
  • come out Terms derived from out (all parts of speech)
  • crash out Terms derived from out (all parts of speech)

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