Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)

    Our nanny used to live out, but now she lives with us.

  2. (transitive)To fulfill or act out a dream or fantasy or aspiration.

    Jackie is going to fashion school to live out her dream of becoming a fashion designer.

    ausleben

  3. (transitive)To pass time or to pass the remainder of one's life, especially in a particular place or situation.

    to live out one's days

    He is paying $200,000 a year to live out his days on a cruise liner.

More definitions
  • work in a house where one does not live
  • live out one's life; live to the end

Examples

28 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary both live out of town.

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  2. I lived out there for a while.

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  3. It might be safer to live out here in the woods.

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  4. Fish cannot live out of water.

    ruРыба не может жить вне воды.

    deFische können außerhalb des Wassers nicht leben.

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  5. Fish can't live out of water.

    ruРыбы не могут жить вне воды.

    deFische können nicht außerhalb des Wassers leben.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to fulfill or act out a dream or fantasy or aspiration:

Forms

lives out, living out, lived out, lived out
Base formlive out · to live out
3rd person singularlives out
Present participleliving out
Past simplelived out
Past participlelived out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylive out
he, she, itlives out

Past simpleLesson

all personslived out

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill live out

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • work in a house where one does not live:sleep out

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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