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out (see also out-) /owt/ adverb- (shading into adj predicatively), not within
- Forth
- To, towards, or at the exterior or a position away from the inside or inner part or from anything thought of as enclosing, hiding or obscuring
- From among others
- From the mass
- Beyond bounds
- Away from the original or normal position or state
- At or towards the far end, or a remote position
- Seawards
- Not within, or away from, one's dwelling, work premises, etc
- In or into the open air
- In or into a state of exclusion or removal
- Not in office
- Not in use or fashion
- Debarred, not to be considered
- No longer in the game
- No longer in as a batsman, dismissed
- Not batting
- Out of the contest and unable to resume in time
- In the condition of having won
- Away from the mark
- At fault
- In error
- Not in form or good condition
- At a loss
- In or into a disconcerted, perplexed or disturbed state
- In or into an unconscious state
- Not in harmony or amity
- In distribution
- In or into the hands of others or the public
- On loan
- To or at an end
- In an exhausted or extinguished state
- Completely
- Thoroughly
- Subjected to loss
- In or to the field
- In quest of or expressly aiming at something
- In rebellion
- On strike
- In an exposed state
- No longer in concealment or obscurity
- In or into the state of having openly declared one's homosexuality
- In or into the open
- Before the public
- In or into society (old)
- On domestic service (archaic)
- In existence
- At full length
- In an expanded state
- In bloom
- In extension
- Loudly and clearly
- Forcibly
- Unreservedly
adjective- External
- Outlying
- Remote
- Played away from home
- Outwards
- Not batting
- Exceeding the usual
- In any condition expressed by the adverb out
noun- A projection or outward bend (as in outs and ins)
- A way out, a way of escape
- Someone who is out
- An instance of putting a player out (baseball)
- That which is outside
- An omission in setting type (printing)
- A paying out, esp (in pl) rates and taxes, etc (dialect)
- An outing (dialect)
- A disadvantage, drawback (US)
- Permission to go out (US)
preposition- Forth from (informal or N American)
- Outside of (now rare)
- Without (obsolete)
transitive verb- To put out or throw out
- To knock out
- To make public the homosexuality of (a person in public life) without his or her permission (informal)
- To make public any facts about (a person in public life) that he or she does not wish to be revealed (informal)
intransitive verb- To surface, be revealed, emerge publicly, as in truth will out
- To go out (informal)
- (with with) to bring out (archaic or dialect)
- (with with) to say suddenly or unexpectedly (informal)
interjection- Expressing peremptory dismissal
- Announcing that a player is out, the ball not in court, etc
- Indicating that one has come to the end of one's transmission (radio)
- Alas (archaic)
- Shame (usu out upon; archaic)
ORIGIN: OE ūte, ūt; Gothic ut, Ger aus, Sans ud outˈed adjective - Having had private facts about oneself made public (informal)
- Ejected
outˈer noun Someone who makes public another person's homosexuality outˈing noun see separate entry outˈness noun - The state of being out
- Externality to the perceiving mind, objectiveness
out'ro noun (pl out'ros) The concluding section of a song, TV programme, etc outˈ-and-out adjective - Thoroughgoing
- Thorough-paced
- Utter
- Absolute
- Unqualified
adverb /owt-ənd-owtˈ/ - Finally and completely
- Definitely
- Unreservedly
out-and-outˈer noun (informal) - Any person or thing that is a complete or extreme type
- A thorough-going partisan
- A great lie
outˈ-box noun (computing) A file for storing electronic mail that has been or is to be sent to another computer out-of-doorsˈ adjective - (also out-of-doorˈ) open-air, outdoor (see out-)
- Outside of parliament
noun The open air out-of(-the)-bodˈy adjective Of or relating to an occurrence in which an individual has the experience of being outside his or her own body out-of-the-wayˈ adjective - Uncommon, unusual
- Singular
- Secluded
- Remote
out-of-townˈ adjective (of a retail outlet) situated away from a main commercial centre out-oˈver or out-owre /owt-owrˈ or oot-owrˈ/ adverb and preposition (Scot) - Out over
- Over
outˈ-tray noun A shallow container for letters, etc, ready to be dispatched at outs (US) At odds from out Out from murder will out see under murder on the outs (with) (informal) - On unfriendly terms (with)
- Becoming unpopular, unfashionable, etc
out and about - Able to go out, convalescent
- Active out of doors
out and away (old) - By far
- Beyond competition
out at elbow see elbow out for - Abroad in quest of
- Aiming at obtaining or achieving
- Dismissed from batting with a score of
out from under Out of a difficult situation out of - From within
- From among
- Not in
- Not within
- Excluded from
- From (a source, material, motive, condition, possession, language, etc)
- Born of
- Beyond the bounds, range or scope of
- Deviating from, in disagreement with
- Away or distant from
- Without, destitute or denuded of
out of character see under character out of course (rare) Out of order out of date - Not abreast of the times
- Old-fashioned
- Obsolete
- No longer valid
- No longer current (out-of-dateˈ adjective)
out of doors In or to the open air out of it - Excluded from participation
- Without a chance
- Unable to behave normally or control oneself, usually because of drink or drugs (slang)
out of joint see under join out of place see under place out of pocket see under pocket out of print see under print out of sight see under sight1 out of sorts see under sort out of temper see under temper out of the question see under question out of the way Not in the way, not impeding or preventing progress out of this world see under world out of time see under time out of work see under work out on one's feet - As good as knocked out
- Done for, but with a semblance of carrying on
outs and ins see ins and outs under in1 out there - In existence
- Unconventional, avant-garde (informal)
out to Aiming, working resolutely, to out to lunch see under lunch out to out - In measurement from outside to outside
- Overall
out upon (archaic) Shame on out with - Let's do away with
- Not friendly with
- See also out (vi) above
out with it! (informal) Say what you have to say, and be quick about it, spit it out place /plās/ noun- A portion of space
- A portion of the earth's surface, or any surface
- A position in space, or on the earth's surface, or in any system, order, or arrangement
- A building, room, piece of ground, etc, assigned to some purpose (eg place of business, entertainment, worship)
- A particular locality
- A town, village, etc
- A dwelling or home
- A mansion with its grounds
- A battlefield (obsolete)
- A fortress, fortified town (obsolete)
- An open space in a town, a market-place or square
- (with cap) used in street names esp for a row or group of houses, a short street or a circus
- A seat or accommodation in a theatre, train, at table, etc
- Space occupied
- Room
- The position held by anybody, employment, office, a situation, esp under government or in domestic service
- Due or proper position or dignity
- That which is incumbent on one
- Precedence
- Position in a series
- High rank
- Position attained in a competition or assigned by criticism
- Position among the first three in a race
- Stead
- Pitch reached by a bird of prey (obsolete except in pride of place, qv)
- (in reading-matter, narrative, conversation, etc) the point which the reader or speaker has reached when he stops or is interrupted
- A topic, matter of discourse (obsolete)
- A passage in a book (obsolete)
transitive verb- To put in any place
- To assign to a place
- To find a place, home, job, publisher, etc, for
- To find a buyer for (usu a large quantity of stocks or shares; commerce)
- To propose, lay or put (with before)
- To induct
- To appoint
- To identify
- To invest
- To arrange (a loan, bet, etc)
- To put (trust, etc, in)
- To state the finishing positions of (the competitors, esp the first three) in a race or competition
- To ascribe (with to; archaic)
intransitive verb (esp US)- To finish a race or competition (in a specified position)
- To finish a race in second (if otherwise unspecified) position (horse-racing)
ORIGIN: Partly OE (Northumbrian) plæce market-place, but mainly Fr place, both from L platea, from Gr plateia (hodos) broad (street) placed adjective - Set in place or in a place
- Having a place
- Among the first three in a race
- Inducted to a position or office
placeˈless adjective Without place or office placeˈment noun - Placing or setting
- Assigning to places
- Assigning to a job
- A temporary job providing work experience, esp for someone on a training course
placˈer noun placˈing noun - Position, esp a finishing position in a race or competition
- The process of finding an intermediary buyer for large numbers of (usu newly issued) shares, etc (commerce)
place card noun A card placed before each setting on the table at a banquet, formal dinner, etc, with the name of the person who is to sit there placeˈholder noun A symbol representing a missing term or quantity in a mathematical expression placeˈ-hunter noun (archaic) Someone who covets and strives after a public post place kick noun (in rugby, etc) a kick made when the ball has been placed on the ground for that purpose placeˈ-kicker noun placeˈman noun (pl placeˈmen) Someone who has a place or office under a government, esp if gained by selfishness or ambition place mat noun A table mat set at a person's place setting placeˈ-monger noun Someone who traffics in appointments to places place name noun A geographical proper name place setting noun Each person's set of crockery, cutlery and glassware as used at a dining table place value noun The value that a digit has because of the position that it occupies in a number all over the place - Scattered
- In a muddle or mess, confused, disorganized (informal)
fall into place To be resolved give place (to) - To make room (for)
- To be superseded (by)
go places see under go1 have place To have existence in place - In position
- Opportune
in place of Instead of in the first place Firstly, originally know one's place To show proper subservience lose one's place To falter in following a text, etc, not know what point has been reached lose the place (informal) - To flounder, be at a loss, be all at sea
- To lose one's temper
out of place - Out of due position
- Inappropriate, unseasonable
put or keep someone in his or her place To humble someone who is arrogant, presumptuous, etc, or keep him or her in subservience take one's place To assume one's rightful position take place - To come to pass, to occur
- To take precedence
take someone's place To act as substitute for, or successor to, someone take the place of To be a substitute for |