Outlet - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈaʊtlet|  American pronunciation of the word outlet
Brit.  |ˈaʊtlet|  British pronunciation of the word outlet

noun

- a place of business for retailing goods
- receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
- an opening that permits escape or release (syn: exit, issue)
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion (syn: release, vent)
she had no other outlet for her feelings

Extra examples

...this road is the only outlet for traffic coming from the racetrack...

...technology has provided many new outlets for amateur writers and artists to share their work with a global audience...

He needed an outlet for that driving energy.

India is the most important outlet for British goods.

She had no other outlet for her feelings.

Africa is a permanent outlet for our goods.

Is football a good outlet for men's aggression?

Benetton has retail outlets in every major European city.

Basketball provided an outlet for their excess energy.

... I infer that Swinburne found an adequate outlet for the creative impulse in his poetry ...

Word forms

noun
singular: outlet
plural: outlets
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