Out Definition

out
outed, outs, outmost
adverb
Away from, forth from, or removed from a place, position, or situation.
They live ten miles out.
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Away from home.
To go out for dinner.
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Away from shore.
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Out-of-bounds.
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Into or in the open air.
Come out and play.
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adjective
outmost
External.
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Directed away from a place or center; outgoing.
The out doorway.
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Beyond regular limits.
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Outlying; remote.
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Traveling or landing out-of-bounds.
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preposition
Out of; through to the outside.
He walked out the door.
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Forth from.
A rousing cry from out the trumpet's throat.
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Along, and away from a central location or some other point of departure.
To drive out a country road.
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Within the area of.
The house has a garden out back.
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Away from the inside.

He threw it out the door.
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noun
outs
Something that is out.
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One that is out, especially one who is out of power.
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A person, group, etc. that is not in power, in office, or in a favored position.
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A way out; means of avoiding something; excuse.
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The failure of a batter or runner to reach base safely.
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verb
outed, outs
To put out.
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To come out; esp., to become known.
The truth will out.
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To send (a tennis ball, for example) outside the court or playing area.
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To identify publicly as a homosexual (a person not previously so identified)
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To expose (someone considered to be heterosexual) as being gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
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interjection
Used in two-way radio to indicate that a transmission is complete and no reply is expected.
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Get out; go away; begone.
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Communication completed.
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prefix
In a way that surpasses, exceeds, or goes beyond.
Outdistance.
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External to, on the outside of.

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Toward the outside of, away from.
Outflee.
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Greater than, beyond.

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affix
Situated at or coming from a point away, outside, external.
Outbuilding, outpatient.
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Going away or forth, outward.
Outbound.
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Better, greater, or more than.
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idiom
on the outs
  • Not on friendly terms; disagreeing.
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go out
  • to play the first nine holes of an 18-hole golf course
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on the outs
  • on unfriendly terms
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out and about
  • visiting here and there
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out and away
  • by far; without comparison
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Other Word Forms of Out

Noun

Singular:
out
Plural:
outs

Adjective

Base Form:
out
Superlative:
outmost

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Out

Origin of Out

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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