out
IPA: ˈaʊt
noun
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (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.
- 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.
verb
- (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).
- (transitive, LGBT) To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- To kill; to snuff out.
adjective
- 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.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
- Not inside or within something.
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, falling or passing or being situated outside the bounds of the playing area.
- 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.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- (of options) No longer acceptable or permissible.
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Open or public (about something).
- (LGBT) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- Freed from secrecy.
- Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
- Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
- (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
adverb
- Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference.
- Away from home or one's usual place.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Away from; at a distance.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- To the end; completely.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- (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).
- (informal) (especially with from, before an event and/or after a unit of time) after; following; later; expression of how distant a person or an object is.
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Examples of "out" in Sentences
- Harry sneaks out of the circle and away from the fire.
- The home is musty and dusty, so the family sets out cleaning it up.
- Some country bumpkin all the way out there away from urban culture.
- The pigments are home to the chlorophyll which carry out photosynthesis.
- The fast was often carried out on the doorstep of the home of the offender.
- She attempts to seduce and cajole Oliver out of the tape and away from Hope.
- In desperation the group broke out of the prison and fled away from the troops.
- The smelting process was often carried out away from the rest of the community.
- The office building was flattened by an airstrike that blew out windows in neighboring homes.
- Pursued by the media, harassed by passers by and curious onlookers, Dinoire spent months after the operation hidden away at home, not daring to venture out.
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