out Antonyms
Meaning of out
out (n)
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
out (v)
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
be made known; be disclosed or revealed
out (a)
not allowed to continue to bat or run
out (s)
being out or having grown cold
not worth considering as a possibility
out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
excluded from use or mention
directed outward or serving to direct something outward
no longer fashionable
outside or external
outer or outlying
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
out (r)
away from home
moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
from one's possession
out (a.)
In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.
Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out.
Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.
Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
out (n.)
One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.
A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.
A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
out (v. t.)
To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.
To come out with; to make known.
To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
out (v. i.)
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
out (interj.)
Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.
out Sentence Examples
- The child ran out of the house, eager to explore.
- We need to find a way out of this predicament.
- The rain poured out of the sky in sheets.
- The thief made a clean getaway out of the building.
- She spoke out against injustice with unwavering courage.
- The light gradually faded out as the sun set.
- The students filed out of the classroom at the sound of the bell.
- He reached out to his friends for support during a difficult time.
- The birds flew out of the nest in a noisy commotion.
- The water slowly leaked out of the broken pipe.
FAQs About the word out
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball, to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality, reveal (something) about somebo
outside,outdoors, alfresco,without
inside, inside,in, in, within, indoors, indoors,within,
The child ran out of the house, eager to explore.
We need to find a way out of this predicament.
The rain poured out of the sky in sheets.
The thief made a clean getaway out of the building.
