Out - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |aʊt|  American pronunciation of the word out
Brit.  |aʊt|  British pronunciation of the word out

noun

- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
you only get 3 outs per inning

verb

- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality (syn: come out)
This actor outed last year
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
The gay actor was outed last week
Someone outed a CIA agent
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed (syn: come out)
The truth will out

adjective

- being out or having grown cold (syn: extinct)
the fire is out
- not worth considering as a possibility
a picnic is out because of the weather
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
now the Democrats are out
- excluded from use or mention (syn: forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu)
in our house dancing and playing cards were out
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
the out doorway
the out basket
- no longer fashionable
that style is out these days
- outside or external
the out surface of a ship's hull
- outer or outlying
the out islands
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow (syn: stunned)

adverb

- away from home
they went out last night
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
the cat came out from under the bed
- from one's possession (syn: away)
he gave out money to the poor

Extra examples

He went out to the garden.

He looked out at the snow.

She poured the tea out.

The girl stuck her tongue out.

His shirttail was hanging out.

I heard a noise in the bushes and out jumped a cat!

He waited out in the hall.

I cleaned my car inside and out.

A car pulled up and two men got out.

He grabbed his coat and out he went.

A gay actor who was outed in a magazine article

He is threatening to out other players who have used steroids.

The play resulted in an out.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, he hit a home run to win the game.

He changed the wording of the contract to give himself an out.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: out
he/she/it: outs
present participle: outing
past tense: outed
past participle: outed
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