English - Etymology
From a combination of Old English ūt (from Proto-Germanic *ūt) and ūte. Cognate with West Frisian út, Dutch uit, German aus, Norwegian/Swedish ut, ute, Danish ud, ude.
English - Pronunciation
English - Adverb
out (comparative more out, superlative most out)
- Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.
- Away from; at a distance.
- Away from the inside or the centre.
- Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
- To the end; completely.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- (cricket, baseball) Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
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English - Preposition
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English - Noun
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (baseball) 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.
- (cricket) 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 hit wicket, wherein the bowler has hit the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (dated) A trip out; an outing.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
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English - Verb
out (third-person singular simple present outs, present participle outing, simple past and past participle outed)
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
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English - Adjective
out (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of a young lady, having entered society and available to be courted.
- released, available for purchase, download or other use
- (cricket, baseball) Of a batter or batsman, having caused an out called on himself while batting under various rules of the game.
- Openly acknowledging one's homosexuality.
Usage notes
- In cricket, the specific cause or rule under which a batsman is out appears after the word "out", eg, "out hit the ball twice".
- In baseball, the cause is expressed as a verb with adverbial "out", eg, "he grounded out".
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- (openly acknowledging one's homosexuality): openly gay
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- (disqualified from playing): in, safe
- (openly acknowledging one's homosexuality): closeted
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German - Adjective
out (not comparable)
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Middle Dutch - Adjective
out (stem oud-, comparative ouder, superlative outst)
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- Dutch: oud