Word: out Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out 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 and 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”). Pronunciation: /ˈäʊ̯t/, /ˈawt/, /ˈuːt/, /ˈʌʉt/, /ˈaʊ̯t/ 1. Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside Labels: not-comparable Example: I worked away cleaning the U-bend until all the gunge was out. Example: This building is unsafe. Keep out! 2. Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside: Labels: not-comparable Example: I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment. 3. Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside: Labels: not-comparable Example: Sentenced to five years, he could be out in three with good behavior. 4. Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside: Labels: not-comparable Example: The TV won't work with the plug out! 5. Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside: Labels: not-comparable Example: I thought the ball hit the line, but the umpire said it was out. 6. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable Example: He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby! 7. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one. 8. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable Example: I've got diabetes, so cookies are right out. 9. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable Example: Power is out in the entire city. Example: My wi-fi is out. 10. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable Example: Most of the city got service back yesterday, but my neighborhood is still out. 11. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable Example: I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home. 12. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: School is out tomorrow due to snow. When college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state. Example: when school gets out today After school's out, I go to the library until my mom gets off work. 13. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: out cold (deep degree, difficult or impossible to rouse), down for the count Example: out like a light 14. Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation: Labels: not-comparable Example: Black is out this season. The new black is white. 15. Open or public (about something). Labels: not-comparable Example: It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business. Example: I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay. 16. Open or public (about something). Labels: broadly, not-comparable, uncommon Example: 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. […]” 17. Freed from secrecy. Labels: not-comparable Example: My secret is out. 18. Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way: Labels: not-comparable Example: Did you hear? Their newest CD is out! Example: 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. 19. Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way: Labels: not-comparable Example: The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out. 20. Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way: Labels: not-comparable Example: The sun is out, and it's a lovely day. 21. Available to be seen, or to be interacted with in some way: Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: "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." 22. At or near its lowest level. Labels: not-comparable Example: You can walk to the island when the tide's out. 23. Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more. Labels: not-comparable Example: Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out. 24. Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount. Labels: Australia, not-comparable Example: Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out. Example: The measurement was out by three millimetres.