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English adjective: out | |||
| 1. | out not allowed to continue to bat or run | ||
| Samples | He was tagged out at second on a close play. He fanned out. | ||
| Similar | down | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
| Antonyms | safe | ||
| 2. | out being out or having grown cold | ||
| Samples | Threw his extinct cigarette into the stream. The fire is out. | ||
| Synonyms | extinct | ||
| Similar | dead | ||
| Antonyms | live | ||
| 3. | out not worth considering as a possibility | ||
| Samples | A picnic is out because of the weather. | ||
| Similar | impossible | ||
| Antonyms | possible | ||
| 4. | out out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election | ||
| Samples | Now the Democrats are out. | ||
| Similar | unsuccessful | ||
| Antonyms | successful | ||
| 5. | out excluded from use or mention | ||
| Samples | Forbidden fruit. In our house dancing and playing cards were out. A taboo subject. | ||
| Synonyms | forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten | ||
| Similar | impermissible | ||
| Antonyms | permissible, allowable | ||
| 6. | out directed outward or serving to direct something outward | ||
| Samples | The out doorway. The out basket. | ||
| Similar | outgoing | ||
| Antonyms | incoming | ||
| 7. | out no longer fashionable | ||
| Samples | That style is out these days. | ||
| Similar | unfashionable, unstylish | ||
| Antonyms | fashionable, stylish | ||
| 8. | out outside or external | ||
| Samples | The out surface of a ship's hull. | ||
| Similar | exterior | ||
| Antonyms | interior | ||
| 9. | out outer or outlying | ||
| Samples | The out islands. | ||
| Similar | outer | ||
| Antonyms | inner | ||
| 10. | out knocked unconscious by a heavy blow | ||
| Synonyms | kayoed, knocked out, KO'd, stunned | ||
| Similar | unconscious | ||
| Antonyms | conscious | ||
English noun: out | |||
| 1. | out (act) (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball | ||
| Samples | You only get 3 outs per inning. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | failure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | putout, strikeout | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
English adverb: out | |||
| 1. | out away from home | ||
| Samples | They went out last night. | ||
| 2. | out moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden | ||
| Samples | The cat came out from under the bed. | ||
| 3. | out from one's possession | ||
| Samples | He gave out money to the poor. Gave away the tickets. | ||
| Synonyms | away | ||
English verb: out | |||
| 1. | out (communication) to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality | ||
| Samples | This actor outed last year. | ||
| Synonyms | come out, come out of the closet | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | ||
| 2. | out (communication) reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle | ||
| Samples | The gay actor was outed last week. Someone outed a CIA agent. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | ||
| 3. | out (communication) be made known; be disclosed or revealed | ||
| Samples | The truth will out. | ||
| Synonyms | come out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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