Out Definition
Away from the inside.
- Not on friendly terms; disagreeing.
- to play the first nine holes of an 18-hole golf course
- on unfriendly terms
- visiting here and there
- by far; without comparison
Other Word Forms of Out
Noun
Adjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Out
- on the outs
- go out
- on the outs
- out and about
- out and away
- out and out
- out for
- out from under
- out of
- out of it
- out one's way
- out on one's feet
- out there
- out with it!
Origin of Out
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From Middle English ut-, from Old English Å«t- (“out, without, outside") (also as Å«ta-, Å«tan- (“from or on the outside, without"), as in Å«tanweard (“outward, external")), from Proto-Germanic *Å«t- (“out-"). Cognate with Dutch uit-, German aus-, Swedish ut-, Icelandic út-. More at out.
From Wiktionary
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From a combination of Old English Å«t (from Proto-Germanic *Å«t) and Å«te. Cognate with West Frisian út, Dutch uit, German aus, Norwegian/Swedish ut, ute, Danish ud, ude.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English ūt ud- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From out
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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