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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Preposition 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 Adjective 1.7.1 Synonyms 1.7.2 Antonyms 1.7.3 Translations 1.8 Related terms 2 Haitian Creole 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English ūt

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• IPA: /aʊt/, SAMPA: /aUt/
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• Rhymes: -aʊt

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out (comparative more out, superlative most out)

1. Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.

   Let's eat out tonight

   Leave a message with my secretary if I'm out when you call.

2. Away from; at a distance.

   Keep out!

3. Away from the inside or the centre.

   The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.

4. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.

   Switch the lights out.

   Put the fire out.

5. Used to intensify or emphasize.

   The place was all decked out for the holidays.

6. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).

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out

1. Away from the inside.

   He threw it out the door.

2. (informal) Away from the center.

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• (not at home):: away
• (away from the inside): through
• (away from the center): out of, out on

[edit] Antonyms

• (not at home):: in
• (away from the inside): in
• (away from the center): into

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In many languages there is no direct translation, as the idea expressed by the English adverb is expressed by a prefix in many languages. German is somewhat half way in-between as it uses a prefix in the infinitive of its verbs, but often, though not always, separates the prefix into the same form as the English adverb when conjugating them.

• Dutch: usually expressed by the prefix uit-
• Esperanto: usually expressed by the prefix el- and/or preposition el (1), ekstere (2)
• Finnish: ablative case (-lta, -ltä) or elative case (-sta, -stä)
• German: usually expressed by the prefix aus-
• Hungarian: usually expressed by the prefix ki-
• Latin: usually expressed by the prefix ex-
• Russian: вы- ru(ru)
• Slovak: usually expressed by the prefix vy- or sometimes z-
• Swedish: sometimes expressed by the prefix ut-. In some cases considered somewhat formal.

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out (plural outs)

1. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

   They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.

2. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play because the defending team threw the baseball past the batter three times in the strike zone, fielded a ball hit in the air, or fielded a ball hit to the ground and moved the ball to a defender blocking the runner's ability to move from base to base.
3. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.

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to out (third-person singular simple present outs, present participle outing, simple past and past participle outed)

1. (transitive) To reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual.
2. (transitive) To reveal (a person) as having a certain secret.
   • 2009 March 16, Maurna Desmond, "AIG Outs Counterparties" (online news article), Forbes.com.

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out (not comparable)

1. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
2. Openly acknowledging one's homosexuality.

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• (openly acknowledging one's homosexuality):: openly gay

[edit] Antonyms

• (disqualified from playing):: in, safe
• (openly acknowledging one's homosexuality):: closeted

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[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology

From French août (“‘August’”)

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out

1. August