out
/ˈaʊ̯t/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.38 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
adv
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
adv
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
adv
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")
Informal
adv
Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
adv
Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
Example Sentences
- "The magician tapped the hat, and a rabbit jumped out."
- "There was a hole in the bucket, and all the water leaked out."
- "Once they had landed, the commandos quickly spread out along the beach."
- "For six hours the tide flows out, then for six hours it flows in."
- "He lives out in Australia."
- "It's three miles out to the island."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out 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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: out, ūt, *ūt, ūte, *ūtai, *úd
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈaʊ̯t/
- British English: /ˈäʊ̯t/
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Synonyms
come to light
crop out
out cold
down for the count
all out[intensive
off
away
through
démodé
passé
unchic