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| 1. | [ pronoun ] preposition, in or towards the exterior | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] outside of an enclosed space | |
| Examples: | "she is out" |
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| Related terms: | in | |
| 3. | [ adverb ] outward from a reference point | |
| Examples: | "he kicked his legs out" |
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| 4. | [ adjective ] not in; or in or into the open | |
| Examples: | "has been out all day" "out to lunch" "the sun is out" |
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| Related terms: | in away | |
| 5. | [ adverb ] away from home | |
| Examples: | "they went out last night" |
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| 6. | [ adjective ] (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run | |
| Synonyms: | retired | |
| Examples: | "he was tagged out at second on a close play" "he fanned out" |
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| Related terms: | safe baseball down | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] of a fire; being out or having grown cold | |
| Synonyms: | extinguished quenched extinct | |
| Examples: | "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream" "faint smoke from the extinguished candle" "the fire is out" "the quenched flames" |
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| Related terms: | dead | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] not worth considering as a possibility | |
| Examples: | "a picnic is out because of the weather" |
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| Related terms: | impossible | |
| 9. | [ adverb ] from one's possession | |
| Synonyms: | away | |
| Examples: | "he gave out money to the poor" "gave away the tickets" |
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| 10. | [ adjective ] no longer fashionable | |
| Examples: | "that style is out these days" |
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| Related terms: | unfashionable | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] directed outward or serving to direct something outward | |
| Examples: | "the out doorway" "the out basket" |
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| Related terms: | outgoing | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] excluded from use or mention | |
| Synonyms: | forbidden taboo tabu proscribed prohibited | |
| Examples: | "forbidden fruit" "in our house dancing and playing cards were out" "a taboo subject" |
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| Related terms: | impermissible | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] knocked unconscious by a heavy blow | |
| Synonyms: | kayoed KO'd stunned knocked_out | |
| Related terms: | unconscious | |
| 14. | [ verb ] be made known; be disclosed or revealed | |
| Synonyms: | come_out | |
| Examples: | "The truth will out" |
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| 15. | [ adjective ] outer or outlying | |
| Examples: | "the out islands" |
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| Related terms: | outer | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election | |
| Examples: | "now the Democrats are out" |
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| Related terms: | unsuccessful | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] outside or external | |
| Examples: | "the out surface of a ship's hull" |
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| Related terms: | exterior | |
| 18. | [ verb ] (sexuality) to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality | |
| Synonyms: | come_out come_out_of_the_closet | |
| Examples: | "This actor outed last year" |
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| Related terms: | disclose | |
| 19. | [ adjective ] excluded from use or mention | |
| Synonyms: | forbidden taboo tabu proscribed verboten prohibited | |
| Examples: | "forbidden fruit" "in our house dancing and playing cards were out" "a taboo subject" |
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| Related terms: | impermissible | |
| 20. | [ verb ] (sexuality) reveal somebody else's homosexuality | |
| Examples: | "This actor was outed last week" |
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| Related terms: | disclose | |
| 21. | [ noun ] (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball | |
| Examples: | "you only get 3 outs per inning" |
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| Related terms: | failure putout strikeout baseball baseball | |
| Similar spelling: |
outdo out_to Ouida |
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