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out

adjective · noun · adverb · verb

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come out

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away

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come out of the closet

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down

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exterior

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impermissible

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MEANING & USAGE

Definitions & examples

01adjective

not allowed to continue to bat or run

“he was tagged out at second on a close play”

“he fanned out”

02adjective

being out or having grown cold

“threw his extinct cigarette into the stream”

“the fire is out”

03adjective

not worth considering as a possibility

“a picnic is out because of the weather”

04adjective

out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

“now the Democrats are out”

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05adjective

excluded from use or mention

“forbidden fruit”

“in our house dancing and playing cards were out”

06adjective

directed outward or serving to direct something outward

“the out doorway”

“the out basket”

07adjective

no longer fashionable

“that style is out these days”

08adjective

outside or external

“the out surface of a ship's hull”

09adjective

outer or outlying

“the out islands”

10adjective

knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

11noun

(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

“you only get 3 outs per inning”

12adverb

away from home

“they went out last night”

13adverb

moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden

“the cat came out from under the bed”

14adverb

from one's possession

“he gave out money to the poor”

“gave away the tickets”

15verb

to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

“This actor outed last year”

16verb

reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle

“The gay actor was outed last week”

“Someone outed a CIA agent”

17verb

be made known; be disclosed or revealed

“The truth will out”

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