out

out¹ W1S1 [aut] adv

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1¦(from inside )¦

2¦(outside)¦

3¦(not at home)¦

4¦(distant place)¦

5¦(given to many people)¦

6¦(get rid of something)¦

7¦(not burning/shining)¦

8¦(sun/moon etc)¦

9¦(flowers)¦

10¦(completely/carefully)¦

11¦(not included)¦

12¦(come from something)¦

13¦(away from the edge of something)¦

14¦(not working)¦

15¦(product)¦

16¦(not in a situation)¦

17¦(having left an institution)¦

18¦(not fashionable)¦

19¦(not secret)¦

20 read/shout etc something out (loud)

21¦(unconscious)¦

22¦(none left)¦

23 before the day/year etc is out

24¦(not correct )¦

25 be out for something/be out to do something

26¦(not in power)¦

27¦(on strike)¦

28¦(homosexual)¦

29¦(not possible)¦

30¦(sea)¦

31¦(sport)¦

32 out with it!

33¦(reason)¦

34¦(made of something)¦

35¦(how many of a group)¦

36 out of it

37 out there

38 out front

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[: Old English; Origin: ut]

1.) ¦(FROM INSIDE )¦

from inside an object, container, building, or place

≠ ↑in

▪ She opened her suitcase and took out a pair of shoes.

▪ Lock the door on your way out.

▪ Charlotte went to the window and looked out.

▪ Out you go! (=used to order someone to leave a room)

out of

▪ The keys must have fallen out of my pocket.

▪ Get out of here!

▪ Someone had torn several pages out of her diary.

▪ I don't think I'd have the courage to jump out of a plane.

▪ All the roads out of the city were snowbound.

out came/jumped etc

▪ The egg cracked open and out came a baby chick.

2.) ¦(OUTSIDE)¦

not inside a building

= ↑outside

▪ Many of the homeless have been sleeping out for years.

▪ Children were out playing in the snow.

▪ Brrr, it's cold out there.

3.) ¦(NOT AT HOME)¦

a) away from your home, office etc, especially for a short time

≠ ↑in

▪ Did anyone call while I was out?

▪ My parents are both out at the moment.

▪ He went out at 11 o'clock.

b) to or in a place that is not your home, in order to enjoy yourself

▪ You should get out and meet people.

▪ Let's eat out tonight (=eat in a restaurant) .

▪ At first he was too shy to ask her out.

be/get out and about

(=go to places where you can meet people)

▪ Most teenagers would rather be out and about with their friends.

4.) ¦(DISTANT PLACE)¦

a) in or to a place that is far away or difficult to get to

▪ He went out to New Zealand.

▪ They've rented a farmhouse right out in the country.

b) used to say how far away something is

▪ The Astra Satellite is travelling some 23,000 miles out in space.

out of

▪ a little village about five miles out of Birmingham

5.) ¦(GIVEN TO MANY PEOPLE)¦

used to say that something is given to many people

▪ The examination will start when all the question papers have been handed out.

▪ Have you sent out the invitations yet?

6.) ¦(GET RID OF SOMETHING)¦

used to say that someone gets rid of something or makes it disappear

▪ Have you thrown out yesterday's paper?

▪ Mother used washing soda to get the stains out.

7.) ¦(NOT BURNING/SHINING)¦

a fire or light that is out is no longer burning or shining

▪ Turn the lights out when you go to bed.

▪ The firefighters arrived, and within minutes the fire was out.

8.) ¦(SUN/MOON ETC)¦

if the sun, moon, or stars are out, they have appeared in the sky

▪ When the sun came out, a rainbow formed in the sky.

9.) ¦(FLOWERS)¦

if the flowers on a plant are out, they have opened

▪ It's still February and already the primroses are out.

10.)¦(COMPLETELY/CAREFULLY)¦

used to say that something is done carefully or completely

▪ I spent all morning cleaning out the kitchen cupboards.

▪ In the summer months the soil dries out quickly.

11.) ¦(NOT INCLUDED)¦

not included in a team, group, competition etc

▪ The Welsh team was surprisingly knocked out in the semi finals.

out of

▪ Daniels will be out of the team until he recovers from his injury.

12.) ¦(COME FROM SOMETHING)¦

used to say where something comes from or is taken from

out of

▪ A lot of good music came out of the hippy culture in the 1960s.

▪ The money is automatically taken out of your bank account every month.

13.) ¦(AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF SOMETHING)¦

away from the main part or edge of something

▪ I swam out into the middle of the lake.

▪ A long peninsula juts out into the sea.

out of

▪ She stuck her head out of the window to see what was happening.

14.) ¦(NOT WORKING)¦

especially AmE if a machine, piece of equipment etc is out, it is not working

▪ I don't believe it - the elevator's out again!

→out of order at ↑order¹ (8)

15.) ¦(PRODUCT)¦

used to say that a product is available to be bought

▪ Is the new Harry Potter book out yet?

▪ Sony have brought out a new portable music system.

16.) ¦(NOT IN A SITUATION)¦

no longer in a particular state or situation

out of

▪ She's not completely cured, but at least she's out of danger.

▪ This whole situation is getting out of control.

▪ How long have you been out of work now?

▪ Karen waved until the car was out of sight (=too far away to be seen) .

17.) ¦(HAVING LEFT AN INSTITUTION)¦

a) having left the institution where you were

out of

▪ a kid just out of college

▪ His wife isn't out of hospital yet.

b) no longer in prison

▪ Once he was out, he returned to a life of crime.

18.) ¦(NOT FASHIONABLE)¦

no longer fashionable

≠ ↑in

▪ You can't wear that - maxi skirts have been out for years.

19.) ¦(NOT SECRET)¦

no longer a secret

▪ Her secret was out.

▪ The word's out that Mel Gibson is in town.

▪ Eventually the truth came out.

20.) read/shout etc sth out (loud)

to say something in a voice that is loud enough for others to hear

▪ Someone called out my name.

▪ We all listened as he read the statement out loud.

21.) ¦(UNCONSCIOUS)¦

not conscious

▪ She fainted - she was out for about ten minutes.

▪ How hard did you hit him? He's out cold .

22.) ¦(NONE LEFT)¦

used to say that there is none of something left because you have used it all, sold it all etc

▪ The album was sold out within minutes.

out of

▪ We're out of milk.

▪ They've run out of ideas.

23.) before the day/year etc is out

before the day, year etc has ended

▪ Don't cry, I'll be back before the week's out.

24.) ¦(NOT CORRECT )¦

if a measurement, result etc is out, it is wrong because the numbers have not been calculated correctly

▪ He was out in his calculations, so there was a lot of carpet left over.

▪ The bill was out by over £10.

▪ Their forecast was way out .

→not far off/out/wrong at ↑far¹ (2)

25.) be out for sth/be out to do sth informal

to have a particular intention

▪ Andrew's just out for a good time.

▪ I was convinced he was out to cheat me.

26.) ¦(NOT IN POWER)¦

used to say that someone, especially a political party, no longer has power or authority

≠ ↑in

▪ It's time we voted the Republicans out.

out of

▪ The party has been out of office for a long time.

27.) ¦(ON STRIKE)¦

BrE used to say that someone has stopped working as a way of protesting about something

▪ The railway workers have come out in sympathy with the miners.

28.) ¦(HOMOSEXUAL)¦

if a ↑homosexual is out, they have told people that they are homosexual

29.) ¦(NOT POSSIBLE)¦

spoken if a particular suggestion or activity is out, it is not possible

▪ We don't have enough money to rent a car, so that's out.

30.)¦(SEA)¦

when the ↑tide is out, the sea by the shore is at its lowest level

≠ ↑in

▪ You can walk across the sands when the tide is out.

31.) ¦(SPORT)¦

a) a player or team that is out in a game such as ↑cricket or baseball is no longer allowed to ↑bat

▪ Sussex were all out for 365.

b) a ball that is out in a game such as tennis or ↑basketball is not in the area of play

≠ ↑in

32.) out with it!

spoken used to tell someone to say something which they have been unwilling to say or have difficulty saying

▪ OK, out with it! What really happened?

33.) ¦(REASON)¦

because of a particular feeling that you have

out of

▪ They obeyed him out of fear rather than respect.

▪ Just out of curiosity, why did you take that job?

34.) ¦(MADE OF SOMETHING)¦

used to say what substance or materials a particular thing is made of

out of

▪ a tombstone carved out of black marble

▪ toy boats made out of old tin cans

35.) ¦(HOW MANY OF A GROUP)¦

used to say how common something is, or how large a part of a group you are talking about

9 out of 10/three out of four etc

▪ Nine out of ten students pass the test first time.

▪ Apparently they've lost three games out of seven already.

36.) out of it informal

a) slightly unhappy because you feel different from the rest of a group of people and cannot share their fun, conversation etc

▪ I felt a bit out of it because I was the only one who couldn't speak French.

b) unable to think clearly because you are tired or drunk, or have taken drugs

▪ You were really out of it last night. What were you drinking?

37.) out there

a) in a place that could be anywhere except here

▪ My real father is out there and one day I plan to find him.

b) where someone or something can be noticed by many people

▪ Jerry Lewis is out there all the time raising money for disabled kids.

38.) out frontespecially AmE

a) in front of something, especially a building, where everyone can see you

▪ There's a blue car out front.

b) taking a leading position

▪ As a civil rights leader, he was always out front.

c) informal very honest and direct

▪ Molly is very out front in talking about her mistakes.

→out of your mind at ↑mind¹ (24), out of the blue at ↑blue² (4), out of luck at ↑luck¹ (10), out of this world at ↑world¹ (15), be out of the question at ↑question¹ (9), out front at ↑front¹ (8), out back at ↑back² (2), out of sorts at ↑sort¹ (10)

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word choiceout, outside, outdoors, out of doors

If you are out , you are away from a building, especially the place where you live or spend a lot of time : Debbie's out. She'll be back later. | Why don't we go out for the day?

If you are outside a room or building, you are not in it but are close to it : Meet me outside the library. | I sat on a chair outside his office. |You'll have to wait outside in the corridor.

When outside is an adverb, it can also mean 'not inside any building' : It's cold outside.

Outdoors or out of doors always mean 'not inside any building' : We usually spend summers outdoors. | I like weddings that are held out of doors.

!! Do not confuse outdoors (with an -s) and outdoor (without an -s). Outdoors is an adverb : I like playing outdoors. Outdoor is an adjective that can only be used before a noun : outdoor activities

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out ²

out² W1S1 prep

informal especially AmE from the inside to the outside of something - many teachers of British English consider it incorrect to use 'out' as a ↑preposition

▪ Karen looked out the window at the back yard.

▪ Get out the car and push with the rest of us!

out ³

out³ v

1.) [T usually passive]

to publicly say that someone is ↑homosexual when that person would prefer to keep it secret

▪ Several gay politicians have been outed in recent months.

2.) murder/the truth etc will out!

used to say that it is difficult to hide a murder, the truth etc

out ⁴

out⁴ n

1.) [singular]

an excuse to avoid doing an activity or to avoid being blamed for something

▪ I'm busy on Sunday, so that gives me an out.

2.)

an act of making a player in baseball lose the chance to score a point

3.) on the outs (with sb)

AmE informal arguing or not agreeing with someone

▪ Wilson is on the outs with his family because of his relationship with that woman.

→↑ins and outs

out ⁵

out⁵ adj [not before noun]

1.) no longer fashionable

≠ ↑in

▪ You can't wear that - maxi skirts have been out for years.

2.) especially AmE if a machine, piece of equipment etc is out, it is not working

▪ I don't believe it the elevator's out again!

→be out of order at ↑order¹ (8)