Meaning

24 senses
  1. (not comparable)Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside

    I worked away cleaning the U-bend until all the gunge was out.

    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:

    (not comparable)Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.

    I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.

  3. (not comparable)Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.

    Sentenced to five years, he could be out in three with good behavior.

  4. (not comparable)Not fitted or inserted into something.

    The TV won't work with the plug out!

  5. (not comparable)Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.

    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:

    (not comparable)Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.

    He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby!

  7. (not comparable, usually)Discarded; no longer a possibility.

    Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one.

    no longer fashionable

  8. (not comparable)No longer acceptable or permissible.

    I've got diabetes, so cookies are right out.

  9. (not comparable)Not available; out of service.

    Power is out in the entire city.

    My wi-fi is out.

    being out or having grown cold

  10. (not comparable)Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.

    Most of the city got service back yesterday, but my neighborhood is still out.

    out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

  11. (not comparable)Not shining or burning.

    I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home.

  12. (not comparable, usually)Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.

    School is out tomorrow due to snow. When college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state.

    when school gets out today After school's out, I go to the library until my mom gets off work.

Examples

35770 sentences
  1. Did you go out last night?

    Ти виходив вчора ввечері?

    ruТы выходил вчера вечером?

    deSeid ihr letzte Nacht ausgegangen?

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  2. I don't feel like going out.

    В мене немає настрою йти гуляти.

    ruМне неохота никуда выходить.

    deIch habe keine Lust auszugehen.

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  3. May I go out to play?

    Можна я піду погуляю?

    ruМожно я пойду погуляю?

    deKann ich raus zum Spielen gehen?

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  4. The radio is out of order.

    Радіо зламалося.

    ruРадио не работает.

    deDas Radio ist kaputt.

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  5. Please fill out this form first.

    Будь ласка, спочатку заповніть цю форму.

    ruПожалуйста, заполните сначала этот бланк.

    deBitte füllen Sie zuerst dieses Formular aus.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition &

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”).

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Synonyms

18 synonyms
no longer popular:démodé
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
disqualified from playing:inA1safeA2
openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+:closetedin the closet

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrun out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
out — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto