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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: out

1
 advadj
moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
directed outward or serving to direct something outward
2
 adjn
excluded from use or mention
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
3
 adj
not worth considering as a possibility
4
 v
be made known; be disclosed or revealed
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: out
1

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

“the cat came out from under the bed”

adv from one's possession

“he gave out money to the poor”
Synonyms:
away

adv away from home

“they went out last night”

adj directed outward or serving to direct something outward

“the out doorway”
“the out basket”
Synonyms
outgoing
leaving a place or a position

adj outside or external

“the out surface of a ship's hull”
Synonyms
exterior
situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building

adj outer or outlying

“the out islands”
Synonyms
outer
being on the outside or further from a center
2

adj excluded from use or mention

“in our house dancing and playing cards were out”
Synonyms:
forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
impermissible
not permitted

adj out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

“now the Democrats are out”
Synonyms
unsuccessful
not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

adj knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

Synonyms:
KO'd, kayoed, knocked out, stunned
unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

adj being out or having grown cold

“the fire is out”
Synonyms:
extinct
dead
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

adj not allowed to continue to bat or run

“he was tagged out at second on a close play”
“he fanned out”
Synonyms
down
being put out by a strikeout
Antonyms:
safe
having reached a base without being put out

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

“you only get 3 outs per inning”
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putout
an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
strikeout
an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
force, force out, force play, force-out
a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
whiff
a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
fielder's choice
a play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batter
sacrifice
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
Type of:
failure
an act that fails
3

adj not worth considering as a possibility

“a picnic is out because of the weather”
Synonyms
impossible
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

adj no longer fashionable

“that style is out these days”
Synonyms
unfashionable, unstylish
not in accord with or not following current fashion
4

v be made known; be disclosed or revealed

“The truth will out”
Synonyms:
come out

v reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle

“The gay actor was outed last week”
“Someone outed a CIA agent”
Type of:
break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

v to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

“This actor outed last year”
Synonyms:
come out, come out of the closet
Type of:
break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
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