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English

out

/ˈäʊ̯t/
Away from the inside or centre.

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    Origin

    From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition & adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”); and Old English ūte (“outside; without”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūtai (“out; outside”); both from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”).

    Cognates

    Cognate with Scots oot (“out”), Yola out, outh, udh, ut, uth (“out”), North Frisian üt, ütj (“out”), Saterland Frisian uut (“out of”), West Frisian út (“out”), Cimbrian aus, auz (“out, outwards”), Dutch uit (“out”), German and Luxembourgish aus (“out”), Yiddish אויס (oys, “over, finished”), Danish ud (“out; outside”), Icelandic út (“out”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ut (“out”), Gothic 𐌿𐍄 (ut, “out of”).

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    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishoute
      • inheritedOld Englishūt “out, outer”
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*ūt
      • inheritedOld Englishūte
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*ūtē

    Related: Scots oot, Yola out, North Frisian üt, Saterland Frisian uut, West Frisian út, Cimbrian aus, Dutch uit, de,lb aus, Yiddish אויס, Danish ud, Icelandic út, nb,nn,sv ut, Gothic 𐌿𐍄

    Words built on it: but, all-out, time-out, without, thought-out, single out, turn out, light out, out-of-office, ball out, outside

    Meanings

    adv
    1. Away from the inside or centre.
    2. Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
    3. Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
    4. Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
    5. Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually before, a stated event, or into the future) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from" or "to")
    6. Outside; not indoors.
    prep
    1. From the inside to the outside of; out of.
    noun
    1. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
    2. A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
    3. A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
    4. A card which can make a hand a winner.
    5. A trip out; an outing.
    6. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
    verb
    1. To eject; to expel.
    2. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
    3. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
    4. To reveal (a secret).
    5. To reveal (a person) as LGBTQ+ (gay, trans, etc.).
    6. To kill; to snuff out.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: out