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, not in buildings:the search-and-rescue team have been out looking for you
• no longer detained in custody or in jail: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 the team had put on a marvelous display out in Georgia
• to sea, away from the land:the fleet put out from Cyprus
• (of the tide) falling or at its lowest level:the tide was going out

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

• 4indicating a specified distance away from the goal line or finishing line:he scored from 70 meters out

• 5so as to be revealed or known:find out what you can
• aloud; so as to be heard:Miss Beard cried out in horror

• 6at 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

• 7(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 to get the stain out

• 8(of a party, politician, etc.) not in office.

• 9(of a jury) considering its verdict in secrecy.

preposition

• through to the outside: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
• (of a flower) in bloom; open.
• published:the book should be out before the end of the month
• informal in existence or in use:it works as well as any system that’s out
• not concealing one’s homosexuality:I had been out since I was seventeen

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

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

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

• 6in a state of unconsciousness.
• Boxing unable to rise before the count of ten.

• 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 Baseball & Cricket no longer batting or on base, having had one’s turn ended by the team in the field:the Yankees are out in the ninth Johnson was out at second

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 or politicians not in office.

verb

• 1 [no object] come or go out; emerge:the truth will out

• 2 [with object] informal reveal the homosexuality of (a prominent person).