out
out
aƊt
awt
/aƊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "out"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧇

in a direction away from an enclosed or hidden space
out definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She leaned out to see the street below.
āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻā§āρāĻ•āϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇

in the open air, not indoors or sheltered
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Farmers worked out through the morning.
āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞāĻ­āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

no longer confined or imprisoned
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were finally out on parole.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧋āϞ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧇

away from one's home
out definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We were out all afternoon.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
2.1

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

in public for enjoyment or social purposes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We're heading out tonight.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāϜ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
03

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

at or toward a far or distant location
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That cabin is way out in the woods.
āĻ“āχ āϕ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇, āϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇

away from land, especially at sea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crew set out before dawn.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‹āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
3.2

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ

with the tide receding or at low point
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was easier to walk when the tide was out.
āĻœā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ

in or into view or awareness; revealed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It all spilled out in the end.
āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
05

āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇, āĻļā§‹āύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

audibly, so it can be heard
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Say it out, do n't mumble.
āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧋, āϗ⧁āύāϗ⧁āύ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
06

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ

in public circulation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The report goes out tomorrow.
āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻļ⧇āώ

at the state of being fully used up or no longer available
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Time is out for a decision.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
7.1

āĻļ⧇āώ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ

at the state of being brought to an end or completed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They'll fight it out if needed.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
7.2

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ

to a high or complete degree
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stretched out on the bed.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
7.3

āύāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ

(of a light or fire) at the state of being extinguished or no longer burning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
All the lights burned out by 10.
10 āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āφāϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
08

āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

at the state of being removed or erased from view, text, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They edited out the final scene.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
09

āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇

(of a jury) as to be deliberating a verdict
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We wo n't know until the jury is out.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻŦ āύāĻž āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϜ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
10

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇

at a measured distance from a goal or finish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They scored from way out.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§‹āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
11

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

no longer in a position of political power, public office, or control
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was voted out last year.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāωāϟ āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
12

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤ

at a displaced position from normal or proper position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
One tile is sticking out.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāχāϞ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
12.1

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧇

into the hands, possession, or use of someone else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave out her number.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ out āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
13

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧇

into a state of visible or intense emotional response
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was so embarrassed, it totally freaked her out.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϤ āϞāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ outāĨ¤
14

āϏ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻžāϜāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤, āϏ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

into portions, categories, or individual parts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They split out the profits evenly between partners.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
15

āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ, āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ

in or into a state of unconsciousness, typically due to sleep, injury, or anesthesia
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She went out right after the surgery began.
āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧋āĻĒāϚāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
15.1

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ

in a state of being inoperative, broken, or no longer serving its purpose
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The microphone cut out during her speech.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻĢā§‹āύ out āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
16

āφāωāϟ, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇

(in baseball) used to indicate that a player's turn or a team's opportunity to bat has ended due to a play
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The batter struck out on three pitches.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āφāωāϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
17

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧇

away from a central office doing a task
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crew is out fixing power lines.
āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
18

āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻ…āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ

(in games and competitions) no longer able or allowed to play or participate
19

āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧ

‌not possible or not allowed
20

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧇

a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable
01

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇

from the inside of something toward the outside
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He rushed out the gate just as it was closing.
āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϛ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•

located in the open air or external to a structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cabin has a small out shower next to the deck.
āϕ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻāϰāύāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āφāωāϟ

beyond the legal or designated boundaries for play or activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The referee called it out right away.
āϰ⧇āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āφāωāϟ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ, āϜāĻžāύāĻž

no longer secret and known to others
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their relationship is out now.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āϝāĨ¤
03

āύāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ

having stopped burning or giving off light
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Once the light was out, we went to bed.
āφāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
04

āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ

released to the public or market
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The album is out on streaming platforms.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŦāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ, āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇

currently available, functioning, or circulating
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There are newer models out already.
āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŽāĻĄā§‡āϞ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž

having opened fully, especially of a blossom
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Look, the cherry blossoms are out!
āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹, āĻšā§‡āϰāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ !
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āϝ⧇ LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ

openly acknowledging one's LGBTQ+ identity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was n't out at work until recently.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻžāϖ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
08

āĻļ⧇āώ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

no longer continuing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting was out by noon.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
8.1

āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ, āϏ⧇āϕ⧇āϞ⧇

outdated and no longer considered in style or popular
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He refuses to admit that his music taste is out.
āϏ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧇āϰ āϰ⧁āϚāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
09

āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ, āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ

not awake or aware; unconscious
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He's out cold on the floor.
āϏ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ, āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

(boxing) knocked down and unable to continue by the end of a ten-count
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He's down, and he's out!
āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āφāωāϟ!
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āϭ⧁āϞ, āĻ…āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•

inaccurate or incorrect in estimate, calculation, or judgment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He's out by at least $ 200.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ $200 āϭ⧁āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ, āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ

impossible or unfeasible and therefore not worth considering
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That idea's completely out.
āĻāχ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āύāĻŋāώāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ

excluded from use, consideration, or mention due to rules, standards
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided that junk food was out of her diet from now on.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĢ⧁āĻĄ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāωāϟ, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ

dismissed from play, as in baseball or cricket
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was called out at second.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇ āφāωāϟ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāύ

located far from a central or populated area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The out farms are rarely visited.
āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽāχ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχ

not holding office or political authority
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They've been out since the last election.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

not present in a place, especially where expected
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager is out today, so I'll handle the meeting.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āφāϜ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ, āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

facing away or designed to send something out
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The out chute sends packages to shipping.
āφāωāϟ āϚ⧁āϟ āĻļāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž, āĻœā§‡āĻĻāĻŋ

intent on achieving something, often aggressively or persistently
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They're out to win no matter what.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇ āϜāϝāĻŧāϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤
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āφāωāϟ, āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ

(in baseball) the elimination of a player by the opposing team, which ends their turn to bat or run
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϰ⧋āύ⧋āϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ

a means or option for avoiding or getting out of a difficult situation, problem, or commitment
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were desperately looking for an out to avoid the increasing pressure.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāĻŽāĻžāύ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻĻāϞ, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

the political group currently not in power
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the election results were announced, the out started planning their next move.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧇āϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻĻāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž

the external area or environment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The garden is located in the out behind the house.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to disclose or make public someone's sexual orientation or gender identity, often without their consent
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The celebrity 's sexuality was outed by the media, causing a public stir.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āϝ⧌āύāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āϜāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āĻĄāĻŧāύ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāρāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to expose hidden or secretive information about someone, usually with negative consequences
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The journalist outed the politician as having ties to a criminal organization.
āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to forcefully remove or exclude someone from a place, group, or position
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They outed the disruptive guest from the event for inappropriate behavior.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to emerge or become apparent, often used in an old-fashioned or literary sense
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His secret finally outed after years of hiding it.
āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ-, āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇-

used to form verbs meaning to exceed or outperform
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She always tries to outdo her colleagues in every project.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇-, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ-

used to form nouns for things located outside something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Soldiers were stationed at a remote outpost near the border.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āφāωāϟāĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ-āĻ āĻŽā§‹āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

used to describe direction away from a center or starting point
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Security checks all outgoing mail for sensitive information.
āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āφāωāϟāĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‡āχāϞ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧇āώ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ

used to end a radio message
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We 're heading back now. Out.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻļ⧇āώāĨ¤
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