out meaning
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[aʊt] 
US CA WOut
- Out may refer to:
- NounPLoutsPREout-
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
- (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.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- VerbSGoutsPRoutingPT, PPouted
- VT To eject; to expel.
- VT To reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual.
- VT To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- VT To reveal (a secret).
- A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.
- VI (archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
- VT To eject; to expel.
- Adjective
- OBS Of a young lady, having entered society and available to be courted.
- released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
- (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.
- It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
- OBS Of a young lady, having entered society and available to be courted.
- Adverb
- Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.
- Let's eat out tonight
- Leave a message with my secretary if I'm out when you call.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) Visible in the sky; not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- The moon is out.
- The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow.
- Away from; at a distance.
- Keep out!
- Away from the inside or the centre.
- The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
- Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
- Switch the lights out.
- Put the fire out.
- To the end; completely.
- I hadn't finished. Hear me out.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- The place was all decked out for the holidays.
- (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).
- Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.
- Preposition
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- "Screw you," she called after him. There was a though. She scoped out his lean, tight ass with interest. Bow chica wow wow.
- I’m going to go out on a limb here. You’re together?
- They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Out of her early struggles well inspired / To localize heroic acts
- Out shopping, child to parent. “Daddy I want this, daddy I want that.” Daddy, “Daddy pok kai awreddy, ask your mummy.”
- Out of a pool of twenty applicants, only 3 made the cut.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- When joining a road, you should check for traffic before pulling out.
- And the folysshe sayde to the wyse: geve us of youre oyle, for oure lampes goo out?
- I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of out for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "out" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a preposition. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Prepositions
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
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