outflow
To flow outwardTo flow outward.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» The sudden outflow of capital from the country worried international investors.
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1 sensesTo flow outward.
Examples
6 sentencesThe sudden outflow of capital from the country worried international investors.
Engineers monitored the outflow from the dam to prevent flooding downstream.
A constant outflow of skilled workers can vitiate a region's economic growth.
The hospital saw a steady outflow of staff after the new policy was introduced.
The chemical outflow from the factory threatened to vitiate the purity of the river's water.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English outflowen, from late Old English ūtflōwan (attested in the past tenseFrom Middle English outflowen, from late Old English ūtflōwan (attested in the past tense as ūt flēow), equivalent to out- + flow. The noun is derived from the verb.
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Forms
outflows, outflowing, outflowed, outflowedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.