out

Etymology
From, , from a combination of , from , from ; and , from ; both from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Norwegian/Swedish , , 🇨🇬,.

Adverb

 * 1) Away from the inside or centre.
 * 2) Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
 * 3) Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
 * 4) Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
 * 5)  Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event)
 * 6) Outside; not indoors.
 * 7)  Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
 * 8) Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
 * 9) To the end; completely.
 * 10) Into a state of existence or visibility.
 * 11)  So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
 * 12)  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).
 * 1)  Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event)
 * 2) Outside; not indoors.
 * 3)  Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
 * 4) Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
 * 5) To the end; completely.
 * 6) Into a state of existence or visibility.
 * 7)  So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
 * 8)  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).
 * 1) Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
 * 2) To the end; completely.
 * 3) Into a state of existence or visibility.
 * 4)  So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
 * 5)  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).
 * 1) To the end; completely.
 * 2) Into a state of existence or visibility.
 * 3)  So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
 * 4)  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).
 * 1) Into a state of existence or visibility.
 * 2)  So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
 * 3)  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).
 * 1)  So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
 * 2)  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).
 * 1)  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).
 * 1)  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).

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: içindən, içəridən
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: gawas
 * Chechen: ара
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ekstere
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:,  ,
 * Alemannic German: use
 * Higaonon: gawas
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: amach, amuigh
 * Latvian: ārā
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sindhi: ٻاهر
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Azerbaijani: eşikdə, çöldə , bayırda , dışarıda , yoxdur
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:, väljas
 * Finnish:, ei paikalla, ;
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: fûr
 * German:,  ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish: amach, amuigh
 * Japanese:, 留主
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ārā
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish: poza czymś,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,  , вне до́ма
 * Scots: oot
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Dutch: :
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Latvian: ārā
 * Norwegian: vekk,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Finnish:, pois päältä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Finnish:, loppuun asti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,

Preposition

 * 1) From the inside to the outside of; out of.

Usage notes

 * The use of out as a preposition, as in look out the window, is standard in American, Australian, and New Zealand English, and is common in speech and informal contexts in Britain, but is not accepted in formal British English.

Translations

 * Ancient Greek: ἐξ (+ gen.)
 * Arabic: خَارِج
 * Egyptian Arabic: برا
 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish:
 * Latvian: ārā +
 * Norwegian: ut av
 * Portuguese: para fora
 * Russian:
 * Scots: oot
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Basque: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:,  ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Mandarin:
 * Piedmontese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: (direction, the transition from in to out),
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: (direction, the transition from in to out),

In many languages there is no direct translation, as the idea expressed by the English adverb is expressed by a prefix in many languages. Other West Germanic languages are halfway in-between to some extent 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 and/or preposition  (1),  (2)
 * Finnish: ablative case (-lta, -ltä) or elative case (-sta, -stä)
 * German: usually expressed by the prefix
 * Hungarian: usually expressed by the prefix
 * Latin: usually expressed by the prefix
 * Latvian: usually expressed by the prefix
 * Russian: usually expressed by the prefix, sometimes by ,
 * Slovak: usually expressed by the prefix, or sometimes
 * Swedish: sometimes expressed by the prefix . In some cases considered somewhat formal.

Noun

 * 1) A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
 * 2)   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.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A card which can make a hand a winner.
 * 5)  A trip out; an outing.
 * 6)  One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
 * 7) A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
 * 8)  A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
 * 1)  A trip out; an outing.
 * 2)  One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
 * 3) A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
 * 4)  A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
 * 1) A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
 * 2)  A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
 * 1) A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
 * 2)  A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ulospääsytie
 * French: ,
 * Japanese:, 終い
 * Latvian: izeja
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: out

Verb

 * 1)  To eject; to expel.
 * 2)  To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
 * 3)   To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
 * 4) * 2009 March 16, Maurna Desmond, "AIG Outs Counterparties" (online news article), .
 * 5)  To reveal (a secret).
 * 6)   To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
 * 7) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1)   To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
 * 2) * 2009 March 16, Maurna Desmond, "AIG Outs Counterparties" (online news article), .
 * 3)  To reveal (a secret).
 * 4)   To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
 * 5) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1)  To reveal (a secret).
 * 2)   To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
 * 3) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1)   To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
 * 2) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1) To kill; to snuff out.
 * 1) To kill; to snuff out.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:divulge

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: saír á luz
 * Polish: autować, wyautować
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Polish: autować, wyautować
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto: elŝrankigi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Polish: autować, wyautować
 * Spanish:, sacar del clóset
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: magladlad
 * Vietnamese:

Adjective

 * 1) Not inside a place one might otherwise be expected to be, especially a place one was formerly or is customarily inside:
 * 2) Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
 * 3) Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
 * 4) Not inside or within something.
 * 5) Not fitted or inserted into something.
 * 6)  Of the ball or other playing implement, falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
 * 7) Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
 * 8)  Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
 * 9)  Discarded; no longer a possibility.
 * 10)  No longer acceptable or permissible.
 * 11)  Not available; out of service.
 * 12)  Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
 * 13)  Not shining or burning.
 * 14)   Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
 * 15) Unconscious.
 * 16) No longer popular or in fashion.
 * 17)  Open or public (about something).
 * 18)   acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
 * 19)  Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified)  identity.
 * 20) Freed from secrecy.
 * 21) Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
 * 22) Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
 * 23)  In bloom.
 * 24)  Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
 * 25)  Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
 * 26) Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
 * 27)  Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
 * 28)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1) Unconscious.
 * 2) No longer popular or in fashion.
 * 3)  Open or public (about something).
 * 4)   acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
 * 5)  Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified)  identity.
 * 6) Freed from secrecy.
 * 7) Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
 * 8) Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
 * 9)  In bloom.
 * 10)  Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
 * 11)  Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
 * 12) Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
 * 13)  Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
 * 14)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1) Freed from secrecy.
 * 2) Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
 * 3) Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
 * 4)  In bloom.
 * 5)  Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
 * 6)  Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
 * 7) Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
 * 8)  Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
 * 9)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1)  Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
 * 2)  Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
 * 3) Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
 * 4)  Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
 * 5)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1)  Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
 * 2)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
 * 1)  Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.

Usage notes

 * In cricket, the specific cause or rule under which a batsman is out appears after the word “out”, e.g., “out hit the ball twice”.
 * In baseball, the cause is expressed as a verb with adverbial “out”, e.g., “he grounded out”.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

Hyponyms

 * gay, etc.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , myynnissä
 * French: ,


 * Czech: vyautovaný
 * Finnish:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: elŝrankiĝinta
 * Finnish: avoimesti homoseksuaalinen, ulkona kaapista
 * French: sorti du placard,
 * Japanese: カミングアウトししまった, カムアウトししまった


 * Esperanto: (1)
 * Slovak: ,

Interjection

 * 1)  A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
 * Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.
 * 1) Get out; begone; away!
 * 1) Get out; begone; away!

Derived terms
See also Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Translations

 * Danish:
 * Swedish: klart slut


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) rat

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to be outdated

Adjective

 * 1)  outdated

Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1) out no longer popular or in fashion

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  out of fashion
 * 2)  ball crossing or landing outside of baseline or sideline (Association football: touchline) and thus becoming out of play
 * 1)  ball crossing or landing outside of baseline or sideline (Association football: touchline) and thus becoming out of play
 * 1)  ball crossing or landing outside of baseline or sideline (Association football: touchline) and thus becoming out of play

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) August

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) August

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) old

Etymology
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