Meaning

4 senses

  1. (intransitive)To depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To leave, get out, or resign.

  3. (transitive)To send, especially by means of a transport vehicle.

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To get rid of, expel, or discard.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Some ships are going out now.

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  2. The ship was soon out of sight.

    ruКорабль вскоре был вне поля зрения.

    deDas Schiff war bald außer Sicht.

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  3. A ship was out of sight soon.

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  4. The steam ship has gone out of sight.

    ruПароход скрылся из виду.

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  5. The warehouse helped ship products out to customers.

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Forms

ships out, shipping out, shipped out, shipped out
Base formship out · to ship out
3rd person singularships out
Present participleshipping out
Past simpleshipped out
Past participleshipped out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyship out
he, she, itships out

Past simpleLesson

all personsshipped out

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ship out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
intransitive: depart:sailB2
shipB1take offkick outoust
figurative: get rid of, expel, discard:dismissB2
figurative: leave, get out, resign:bugger off
transitive: send:dispatch

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shinyB1shipA1shipmateshipmentshipwreckB2
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