out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊt/
ipa: /ɒʔ/
ipa: /uːt/
ipa: /ɘʉt/
ipa: /aʊt/
ipa: /ʌʊt/
ipa: [əut]
ipa: [ɛʊt]
note: Nova Scotia
ipa: [ɵut]
ipa: /æɔt/
ipa: /æʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: oute
Etymology: From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition & adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”); and Old English ūte (“outside; without”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūtai (“out; outside”); both from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots oot (“out”), Yola out, outh, udh, ut, uth (“out”), North Frisian üt, ütj (“out”), Saterland Frisian uut (“out of”), West Frisian út (“out”), Cimbrian aus, auz (“out, outwards”), Dutch uit (“out”), German, Luxembourgish aus (“out”), Yiddish אויס (oys, “over, finished”), Danish ud (“out; outside”), Icelandic út (“out”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ut (“out”), Gothic 𐌿𐍄 (ut, “out of”).
Senses: examples: text: I worked away cleaning the U-bend until all the gunge was out.
text: This building is unsafe. Keep out!
glosses: Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside
examples: text: I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.
glosses: Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
examples: text: Sentenced to five years, he could be out in three with good behavior.
glosses: Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
examples: text: The TV won't work with the plug out!
glosses: Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
Not fitted or inserted into something.
examples: text: I thought the ball hit the line, but the umpire said it was out.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
raw_tags: of the ball or other playing implement
examples: text: He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby!
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
raw_tags: in various games
used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball
examples: text: Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one.
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
Discarded; no longer a possibility.
qualifier: plans
raw_tags: of ideas
examples: text: I've got diabetes, so cookies are right out.
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
No longer acceptable or permissible.
raw_tags: of options
examples: text: Power is out in the entire city.
text: My wi-fi is out.
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
Not available; out of service.
qualifier: devices; or facilities; devices; or facilities
raw_tags: of certain services
examples: text: Most of the city got service back yesterday, but my neighborhood is still out.
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
raw_tags: of a user of a service
examples: text: I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home.
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
Not shining or burning.
qualifier: fires etc.
raw_tags: of lamps
examples: text: School is out tomorrow due to snow.
When college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state.
text: when school gets out today
After school's out, I go to the library until my mom gets off work.
text: No one is out screaming about Congress being out on a month long vacation.
ref: 1990 August 20, PBS NewsHour (TV), DeFrank (actor):
text: […] I had to be there after high school, I mean, after school was out, and after college was out, I had to go straight home.
ref: 2012 October 23, Kids As Caregivers Face Special Challenges (radio), via National Public Radio:
text: It's a good thing that Congress is out for the month of August […]
ref: 2013 August 4, Powerhouse Roundtable (TV), Jeff Zeleny (actor), via ABC:
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
raw_tags: of an organization
examples: text: I had a whack on the head and was out for a few seconds.
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
Unconscious.
examples: text: Black is out this season. The new black is white.
glosses: Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
No longer popular or in fashion.
examples: text: It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
text: I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay.
ref: 2011, Allan Bérubé, My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History:
text: However, for a transgender man, while living stealth can be a feasible option for some, key people will need to know […] Not everyone has to be out, loud and proud or march down the streets holding trans flags […]
ref: 2018, Matthew Waites, Supporting Young Transgender Men: A Guide for Professionals, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Open or public (about something).
Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
examples: text: She was “out” as a survivor for the first time in her life. “I had friends who had known me many, many years who are totally astounded, shocked,” she said. “They could not believe that I was a Holocaust survivor. […]”
ref: 2014, Arlene Stein, Reluctant Witnesses: Survivors, Their Children, and the Rise of Holocaust Consciousness, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Open or public (about something).
Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
examples: text: My secret is out.
glosses: Freed from secrecy.
examples: text: Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
text: The game was commercially released on Xbox and PC in 2005 as an installment of the Close Combat series, which had been out since 1996.
ref: 2009, Roger Stahl, Militainment, Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture, page 96:
glosses: Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
examples: text: The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out.
glosses: Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
In bloom.
raw_tags: of flowers
examples: text: The sun is out, and it's a lovely day.
glosses: Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
qualifier: moon or stars
raw_tags: of the sun
examples: text: "Pray, is she out, or is she not?—I am puzzled.—She dined at the Parsonage, with the rest of you, which seemed like being out; and yet she says so little, that I can hardly suppose she is."
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 98:
glosses: Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way:
Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
examples: text: You can walk to the island when the tide's out.
glosses: At or near its lowest level.
raw_tags: of the tide
examples: text: Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out.
synonyms: all out[intensive#English:_linguistics|intensive]] but synonymous>
glosses: Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
examples: text: Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out.
text: The measurement was out by three millimetres.
glosses: Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount.
raw_tags: of calculations or measurements
Synonyms: sense: no longer popular
word: démodé
word: passé
word: unchic
word: unfashionable
Hyponyms: sense: openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+
word: openly gay
Related terms: sense: no longer in possession of
word: run out