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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out-

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.38 in modern English

Syllables
out-
IPA
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

External to, on the outside of

prefix

Toward the outside of, away from

prefix

Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive.

prefix

Greater than

prefix

Beyond

prefix

Completely

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- From Middle English ut-, from Old English ūt- (“out, without, outside”) (also as ūta-, ūtan- (“from or on the outside, without”), as in ūtanweard (“outward, external”)), from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (“out-”). Cognate with Dutch uit-, German aus-, Swedish ut-, Icelandic út-. More at out.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ut-, ūt-, *ūt-

Synonyms

ex- exo- ecto- off- ab- apo- de- away off supra- trans- para-

Antonyms

in- intra- en- em- im- end- endo- ento-

Questions

What does out- mean?
External to, on the outside of
Where does out- come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce out-

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