outright1 adjectiveoutright2 adverb
outrightout‧right1 /ˈaʊtraɪt/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an outright trade ban
- his outright opposition to the proposal
- Gandhi rejects outright claims made concerning the superior or inferior status of religions.
- It would, however, be incorrect to deduce that in the nineteenth century only outright deception was commented upon.
- Only a handful of polls since Christmas have given either party the lead they would need to secure an outright majority.
- That will involve significant change from the separation, suspicion, and even outright confrontation that have existed for decades.
- The point is to avoid outright confrontation.
- This displeasure can range from mild disapproval to outright ostracism.
- Too bad the yarn is interwoven with illogic, inconsistency and outright balderdash.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a complete ban)· an outright ban on gun ownership
(=hostility that is clearly shown)
They eyed each other with open hostility.
They eyed each other with open hostility. (=immediately) The driver was killed instantly.
The driver was killed instantly. (=something that is completely untrue)· Of course the whole thing was a complete lie.· She didn't want to tell her mother an outright lie.
(=a majority that has been won by more than half the votes)· There was no party with an absolute majority in the House of Commons.
(=definite and direct)· She had not anticipated a flat refusal.
(=completely)· He has not rejected the idea outright.
(=clearly and completely)· If one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, he will win the seat outright.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Ministers insist that voluntary agreements with the tobacco industry are more effective than outright bans.· The San Francisco-based trade organization reports that 21 states have an outright ban on out-of-state shipments of alcoholic beverages.· A number argued that an outright ban should be introduced on the holding of client money by sole practitioners.· The proposal came amid fears that the Ministry of Agriculture might introduce tougher restrictions or even an outright ban.· Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances.
· Competition and struggle may be the watchwords but this does not necessarily imply outright hostility.· From reluctant acceptance, the village mood was rapidly transformed into outright hostility.
· Nothing so tempts us to believe outright lies and unfounded stories posing as science than the sensationalistic schlock therein.· He got up and briefly stepped outside to avoid telling an outright lie.
· Nearly three-quarters of voters, 71 percent, expect no party to win an outright majority.· If it occurs on a sufficiently large scale, either main party might still win an outright majority.· They've stayed that way because outright majority has been given with the help of the council's single independent.· It will also be the first since 1979 in which none of the parties is expected to gain an outright majority.· Neither man won an outright majority.· Only a handful of polls since Christmas have given either party the lead they would need to secure an outright majority.
· This organization was one of outright opposition.
· Again, the undertaker offered two choices to the client: outright purchase of all the accoutrements or the hire thereof.· Have you considered hire purchase and leasing as well as outright purchase?· The phase is typically characterized by the outright purchase of the works in question.· This is an exceptional facility and most shortages are relieved by outright purchases by the Bank, against same-day settlement.· The total fee of 5,000 is in outright purchase of the copyright of the material.· Most access equipment can be hired if outright purchase is not warranted.· They say the trend is towards outright purchase now rather than leaseback.· The company can provide televisions on contract rental, hire purchase or outright purchase.
· Heads responded to advisory views of good practice in different ways, ranging from unthinking conformity to outright rejection.· Petitions may be either for the outright rejection of the order or its amendment.
· Early polls show Zyuganov may come out ahead in first-round voting, but will fall short of outright victory.· Often delay will serve the client just as well as outright victory.
· Enter the new championship, with a complicated set of rules designed to promote an outright winner at the end of it.· But the outright winner has to be the microwave.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1clear and direct: - But the outright winner has to be the microwave.
an outright refusal an outright attack on his actions2complete and total: an outright victory an outright ban on the sale of tobacco3the outright winner/victor someone who has definitely and easily wonoutright1 adjectiveoutright2 adverb
outrightout‧right2 /aʊtˈraɪt/ adverb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He was killed outright when his car crashed at high speed.
- Kahn needs 50% plus one vote to win the primary outright.
- Most of the lawmakers rejected the idea outright.
- They laughed outright at my suggestion.
- And the owner of the Red Sox sold him outright to New York.
- But Dudaev would be foolish to spurn the offer outright.
- Don Juan de Borbón reacted with a statement published on 7 April, in which he rejected Franco's proposals outright.
- I mean she doesn't complain outright.
- If the city buys tickets outright, however, it will save an average of $ 4 per ticket.
- Two years later the itinerant returned to attack Garden outright for allowing laxity and not promoting the preaching of grace.
- While they could scarcely challenge Rome outright, neither could they defend what they did not believe.
- You can either buy outright, or join in a coop ownership scheme.
Longman Language Activatorimmediately after something else happens
· We met at a friend's party, and immediately became friends.· There was a loud explosion in the engine-room, and almost immediately a fire broke out.· I'll call you immediately we hear any news about the baby.immediately after/afterwards · We'll have to leave immediately after the meeting.· Mrs Smith was admitted to hospital at 10 o'clock, but died immediately afterwards.
immediately after something has happened or immediately after you have done something: · As soon as Stephen felt well again, he returned to work.· I will pay you back, I promise, the moment I get paid.· Honey, I swear, I'll phone you the moment I get to New York.
immediately after something has happened or someone has done something - use this especially in stories or in descriptions of events: no sooner had...than: · No sooner had they sat down to eat than the phone rang.· No sooner had he arrived in the city than his wallet was stolen.no sooner was/were...than: · No sooner were the words out of her mouth than she regretted them.
also hardly had immediately after an event or action has finished - use this especially in stories or in descriptions of events: · I'd done food shopping and had barely gotten to the door, when Debbie asked if I'd been listening to the radio.· Hardly had the film reached our screens last July than it was plagued by troubles and controversy.
to do something immediately, as soon as you have the chance to do it: lose no time in doing something: · When the new manager was appointed, he lost no time in reorganizing the office.· Murdock lost no time in setting out for London to find work.
at almost the same time that something else happens, and happening as a direct result of it: · Sea snakes inject a poison so strong that it kills a fish instantly.· It was a head-on crash and both drivers died instantly.
written if someone is killed outright , they die immediately from an attack or an accident: · He was killed outright when his car crashed at high speed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY If she asked me outright, I’d tell her. They rejected the deal outright. The passenger was killed outright.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1clearly and directly, without trying to hide your feelings or intentions: If she asked me outright, I’d tell her. They rejected the deal outright. The passenger was killed outright. (=a complete ban)· an outright ban on gun ownership
(=hostility that is clearly shown) They eyed each other with open hostility.
They eyed each other with open hostility. (=immediately) The driver was killed instantly.
The driver was killed instantly. (=something that is completely untrue)· Of course the whole thing was a complete lie.· She didn't want to tell her mother an outright lie.
(=a majority that has been won by more than half the votes)· There was no party with an absolute majority in the House of Commons.
(=definite and direct)· She had not anticipated a flat refusal.
(=completely)· He has not rejected the idea outright.
(=clearly and completely)· If one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, he will win the seat outright.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· It seemed crazy that she couldn't ask outright - claim the relationship which was almost certainly hers.· He knew that if she asked outright, he would tell her.· When you want to know the answer to something, you ask outright.
· You can either buy outright, or join in a coop ownership scheme.· In addition to buying outright, Durbeck became an ace scrounger on the garage-sale, thrift-shop and flea-market circuits.· Houses could be paid off gradually; paintings had to be bought outright.· For years companies who have fleets of cars have used this method of payment instead of buying outright.
· Some had been killed outright by flying shrapnel, others had been badly wounded and had died slowly.· The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended last fall that the project be killed outright.· A total of 210 people were killed outright by the soldiers, another seventy-one died later and 173 were less seriously wounded.· So how could a species slowly and randomly evolve the ability not to be killed outright?· Even if the prey is not killed outright, there is a greater chance that it will be incapacitated.· But by a miracle he had not been killed outright, and was saved.· Unless the Grand Theogonist is killed outright the Jade Griffon will enable him to sustain wounds which would kill an ordinary man.
· Diplomatic negotiations were rejected outright as insufficiently forceful.· Federal courthouses receive thousands of such pleas each year from state prisoners; virtually all are rejected outright.· In November Fretilin offered the government unconditional peace talks, but the move was rejected outright by the government.· He rejected outright the idea that he was a special case.· Yet his proposals were denounced in the provinces, delayed in the Duma and rejected outright in the State Council.· The changes required are not so great that it should be rejected outright.
· Clinton needs 2,145 delegates to win outright on the first Democratic Party ballot at the July convention.· He insisted the polls indicated that the voters did not want either the Tories or Labour to win outright.
If she asked me outright, I’d tell her.2clearly and completely: She won outright. They rejected the deal outright.3buy/own something outright to own something such as a house completely because you have paid the full price with your own money4immediately and without any delay: The passenger was killed outright. They fired her outright.