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Added 9 October 2026

out

/ˈäʊ̯t/ adverb

In Latin: forīs Wiktionary

adverb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about out at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Away from the inside or centre.
The magician tapped the hat, and a rabbit jumped out.
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
Once they had landed, the commandos quickly spread out along the beach.
Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
Let’s eat out tonight

preposition

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throw it out the window; get it out your mind

noun

A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
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.
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.

verb

To eject; to expel.
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.

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”).

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