out

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See also: oût and out-

English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition & adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”); and Old English ūte (“outside; without”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūta (“out; outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”). Cognate with Scots oot, out (“out”), Saterland Frisian uut, uute (“out”), West Frisian út (“out”), Dutch uit (“out”), German Low German ut (“out”), German aus (“out”), Norwegian/Swedish ut, ute (“out; outside”), Danish ud, ude (“out; outside”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

out (not comparable)

See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on.
  1. Away from the inside or the centre.
    The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
  2. Away from home or one's usual place.
    Let's eat out tonight
  3. Outside; not indoors.
    Last night we slept out under the stars.
  4. Away from; at a distance.
    Keep out!
  5. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
    Switch the lights out.
    Put the fire out.
  6. To the end; completely.
    I hadn't finished. Hear me out.
    • Bible, Psalms iv. 23:
      Deceitful men shall not live out half their days.
  7. Used to intensify or emphasize.
    The place was all decked out for the holidays.
  8. (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.
  9. (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[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

  • (not at home): in

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Preposition[edit]

out

  1. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside.
    He threw it out the door.

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

  • (away from the inside): in

Translations[edit]

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Translation notes

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[edit]

out (plural outs)

  1. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
    They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
  3. (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.
  4. (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.
  5. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
    • 2006, David Apostolico, Lessons from the Professional Poker Tour (page 21)
      If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.
  6. (dated) A trip out; an outing.
    • 1852-53, Charles Dickens, Bleak House
      Us London lawyers don't often get an out; and when we do, we like to make the most of it, you know.
  7. (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
    Antonym: in
    • 1827, Benjamin Chew, A Sketch of the Politics, Relations, and Statistics, of the Western World (page 192)
      This memoir has nothing to do with the question between the ins and the outs; it is intended neither to support nor to assail the administration; it is general in its views upon a general and national subject; […]
  8. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
  9. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Descendants[edit]

  • → Japanese: アウト (auto)
  • → Korean: 아웃 (aut)

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

out (third-person singular simple present outs, present participle outing, simple past and past participle outed)

  1. (transitive) To eject; to expel.
    • (Can we date this quote by Selden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      a king outed from his country
    • (Can we date this quote by Heylin and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The French have been outed of their holds.
  2. (transitive, LGBT) To reveal (a person) to be queer.
  3. (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
  4. (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
    A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.
  5. (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public or apparent.
    • c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
      Truth will out.
    • 2016 September 28, Tom English, “Celtic 3–3 Manchester City”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], BBC Sport:
      In those opening minutes City looked like a team that were not ready for Celtic's intensity. They looked a bit shocked to be involved in a fight. Class will out, though.

Synonyms[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

out (not comparable)

  1. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment.
    I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.
  2. Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
    Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
    • 2009, Roger Stahl, Militainment, Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture, page 96:
      The game was commercially released on Xbox and PC in 2005 as an installment of the Close Combat series, which had been out since 1996.
  3. (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!
  4. Openly acknowledging that one is queer and/or genderqueer.
    It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
    • 2011, Allan Bérubé, My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History:
      I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay.
  5. (of flowers) In bloom.
    The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out.
  6. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
    The sun is out, and it's a lovely day.
  7. (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.
  8. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
    Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one.
  9. No longer popular or in fashion.
    Black is out this season. The new black is white.
  10. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
    Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out.
  11. (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.
  12. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

  • (disqualified from playing): in, safe
  • (openly acknowledging one's homosexuality): closeted

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Interjection[edit]

out

  1. (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.
  2. Get out; begone; away!

Derived terms[edit]

See also Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

terms derived from out (all parts of speech)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Breton[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

out

  1. second-person singular present indicative of bezañ

Bukiyip[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

out

  1. rat

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English out.

Verb[edit]

out

  1. (slang) to be outdated

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English out.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

out (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) out of fashion

Declension[edit]

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Declension of out
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist out sie ist out es ist out sie sind out
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative outer oute outes oute
genitive outen outer outen outer
dative outem outer outem outen
accusative outen oute outes oute
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der oute die oute das oute die outen
genitive des outen der outen des outen der outen
dative dem outen der outen dem outen den outen
accusative den outen die oute das oute die outen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein outer eine oute ein outes (keine) outen
genitive eines outen einer outen eines outen (keiner) outen
dative einem outen einer outen einem outen (keinen) outen
accusative einen outen eine oute ein outes (keine) outen

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Further reading[edit]

  • out in Duden online
  • “out” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “out” in PONS (pons.com)
    “out” in PONS (pons.com)

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French août (“August”)

Noun[edit]

out

  1. August

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French août

Noun[edit]

out

  1. August

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

out (comparative ouder, superlative outst)

  1. old
    Antonym: jonc

Inflection[edit]

Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite out oude out oude
Definite oude oude
Accusative ouden oude oude oude
Genitive outs ouder outs ouder
Dative ouden ouder ouden ouden

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Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

out m (plural outs)

  1. (baseball) out
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