out

adverb

• 1moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden:he walked out into the street watch the stars come out
• situated or operating in the open air, away from buildings:the search-and-rescue team have been out looking for you
• no longer detained in prison:they would be out on bail in no time

• 2situated far or at a particular distance from somewhere:an old farmhouse right out in the middle of nowhere they lived eight miles out of town a cold front hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic
• to sea, away from the land:the Persian fleet put out from Cyprus
• (of the tide) falling or at its lowest level:the tide was going out
• indicating a specified distance away from the goal line or finishing line:he scored from 70 metres out

• 3away from home:he’s gone out
• in or to a public place for purposes of pleasure or entertainment:an evening out at a restaurant

• 4so as to be revealed or known:find out what you can
• aloud; so as to be heard:Miss Beard cried out in horror

• 5at or to an end:the romance fizzled out
• so as to be finished or complete:I’ll leave them to fight it out I typed out the poem
• in various other completive uses:the crowd had thinned out he crossed out a word

• 6(of a light or fire) so as to be extinguished or no longer burning:at ten o’clock the lights went out
• (of a stain or mark) no longer visible; removed:try and get the stain out

• 7no longer involved in a situation, competition, or activity:Oxford United are out of the FA Cup

preposition

• non-standard contraction of out of:he ran out the door

adjective

• 1not at home or at one’s place of work:if he called, she’d pretend to be out

• 2revealed or made public:the secret was soon out
• published:the book should be out before the end of the month
• informal in existence or use:it works as well as any system that’s out
• (of a jury) considering its verdict in secrecy.
• dated (of a young upper-class woman) introduced into society: where is the use of having a lot of dresses when she isn’t out yet?
• open about one’s homosexuality:I had been out since I was 17

• 3no longer alight; extinguished:the fire was nearly out

• 4at an end:school was out for the summer
• informal no longer in fashion:grunge is out

• 5not possible or worth considering:a trip to the seaside is out for a start

• 6in a state of unconsciousness.
• Boxing unable to rise from the floor.

• 7mistaken; in error:he was slightly out in his calculations

• 8(of the ball in tennis and similar games) outside the designated playing area.

• 9 Cricket & Baseball no longer batting or at bat; having had one’s innings or at bat ended by the fielding side:England were all out for 159

• 10(of a flower) in bloom; open.

noun

• 1 informal a way of escaping from a problem or dilemma:he was desperately looking for an out

• 2 Baseball an act of putting a player out.

• 3 (the outs) the political party not in office.

verb

• 1knock (someone) out.

• 2 informal reveal the homosexuality of (a prominent person).

• 3West Indian extinguish:out the lamp when you’re ready

• 4 dated expel, reject, or dismiss:they had outed Asquith quite easily