Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To attempt to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means.

    I think we should feel out your mom's thoughts about this before we decide anything.

More definitions
  • try to learn someone's opinions and intentions

Examples

104 sentences
  1. I don't feel like going out.

    В мене немає настрою йти гуляти. — deniko

    ruМне неохота никуда выходить. — marafon

    deIch habe keine Lust auszugehen. — MUIRIEL

  2. I don't feel like going out tonight.

    Я не дуже хочу кудись іти сьогодні ввечері. — deniko

    ruМне неохота никуда идти сегодня вечером. — marafon

    deIch habe keine Lust, heute Abend auszugehen. — al_ex_an_der

  3. I didn't really feel like going out.

    Мені не дуже хотілося виходити. — deniko

    ruМне не особенно хотелось куда-либо идти. — marafon

    deIch hatte keine große Lust auszugehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I don't feel like going out this morning.

    У мене немає бажання йти надвір сьогодні вранці. — deniko

    deMir ist heute Morgen nicht danach hinauszugehen. — al_ex_an_der

  5. I feel quite put out about it.

    Це мене дуже зачепило. — fagott

    ruЭто меня очень задело. — sharptoothed

Translations

1 languages

Forms

feels out, feeling out, felt out, felt out
Base formfeel out · to feel out
3rd person singularfeels out
Present participlefeeling out
Past simplefelt out
Past participlefelt out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfeel out
he, she, itfeels out

Past simpleLesson

all personsfelt out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave felt out
he, she, ithas felt out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill feel out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something:sound outcheck out
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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