Complete Definition of "out"

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English
rank|if|there|more|54|out|into|up|your

Etymology
OE. ut|Å«t

Pronunciation
IPA|/a�t/, SAMPA|/aUt/
audio|en-ca-out.ogg|Audio (CA)
audio|en-us-out.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|a�t

Adverb
out

  1. away|Away from home, not indoors.

#: Let's eat out tonight

  1. Away from; at a distance.

#: Keep out!

  1. Away from the inside or the centre.

#: The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.

  1. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.

#: Switch the lights out.
#: Put the fire out.

  1. Used to intensify or emphasize.

#:The place was all decked out for the holidays.

Preposition
Note: the proper preposition is "out of", not "out".

out of

  1. Away from the inside or the centre.

#: I couldn't understand what came out of his mouth.

phrasal verb

#: She went out the back door. That's a phrasal verb in this case, not a preposition.

Synonyms
italbrac|away from the inside or centre: from

Antonyms
italbrac|away from the inside or centre: in, into

Translations
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Albanian: jashtë
Arabic: Arab|خارج IPAchar|(x�rij)
Basque: at, kanpo
Catalan: fora
Chinese: �头 (wàitou)
Croatian: t-|hr|van
Czech: t-|cs|ven
Dutch: t+|nl|uit
Esperanto: eksteren
Finnish: t+|fi|ulkona, t+|fi|ulos
French: t+|fr|hors
German: t+|de|heraus, t+|de|hinaus
Greek: t+|el|έξ�|sc=Grek (1 ,3)
Hungarian: kint (outside), kinn (outside), ki (motion)
Indonesian: keluar
Irish: amach (direction, the transition from in to out), amuigh (the state of being out)
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|fuori
Japanese: �� (���, soto e)
Korean: ��� (bakkeuro)
Latin: ex|�, ex
Norwegian: ut (
direction, the transition from in to out), ute (the state of being out)
Piemontese: fora
Portuguese: t+|pt|fora, t+|pt|exterior, t+|pt|externo
Romanian: t-|ro|afar�
Romansch: ord
Russian: из (iz)
Scots: oot
Slovak: t-|sk|von
Slovene: ven (direction, the transition from in to out), zunaj (the state of being out)
Spanish: t-|es|fuera
Swedish: ut (
direction, the transition from in to out), ute (the state of being out)
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In many languages there is no direct translation, as the idea expressed by the English adverb is expressed by a prefix in many languages. German is somewhat half way in-between 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-
Russian: t+|ru|в�-|sc=Cyrl
Slovak: usually expressed by the prefix vy- or sometimes z-
Swedish: sometimes expressed by the prefix ut-. In some cases considered somewhat formal.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

#:They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.

  1. baseball A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play because the defending team threw the baseball past the batter three times in the strike zone, fielded a ball hit in the air, or fielded a ball hit to the ground and moved the ball to a defender blocking the runner's ability to move from base to base.
  2. poker A card which can make a hand a winner.

Translations
trans-top|removal from play in baseball
Slovak: #Slovak|out (pronounced the English way)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To declare a person to be a homosexual, especially one who is reluctant for this information to be made public.
  2. transitive To declare a personal secret belonging to another person.

Antonyms
in

Translations
trans-top
French: aouter (1)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Not at home.

#: Leave a message for me if I'm out when you call.

  1. context|cricket|baseball Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stump|stumped in cricket).
  2. Openly acknowledging one's homosexuality.

Synonyms
italbrac|not at home: away
italbrac|openly acknowledging one's homosexuality: openly gay

Antonyms
italbrac|not at home: in
italbrac|disqualified from playing: in, not out, safe
italbrac|openly acknowledging one's homosexuality: closeted, not out

Translations
trans-top
Czech: t-|cs|ven
Esperanto: ekstere (1)
trans-mid
Japanese: soto
Slovak: von#Slovak|von, vonku#Slovak|vonku
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Related terms
top3
all out
eat out
far out
go out
run out
out-
mid3
out of
outer
outback
outer
outing
mid3
outness
outta (slang, "out of")
outworn
put out
way out

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English prepositions

af:out
ar:out
el:out
fa:out
fr:out
io:out
it:out
ku:out
hu:out
ja:out
pl:out
ru:out
simple:out
fi:out
ta:out
te:out
vi:out
tr:out
zh:out

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