What is the meaning of out?

noun

  • Baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball. (
    • usage: "you only get 3 outs per inning"

verb

  • To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.
    • usage: "This actor outed last year"
  • Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.
    • usage: "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
  • Be made known; be disclosed or revealed.
    • usage: "The truth will out"

adjective

  • Not allowed to continue to bat or run.
    • usage: "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
  • Being out or having grown cold.
    • usage: "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
  • Not worth considering as a possibility.
    • usage: "a picnic is out because of the weather"
  • Out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election.
    • usage: "now the Democrats are out"
  • Excluded from use or mention.
    • usage: "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
  • Directed outward or serving to direct something outward.
    • usage: "the out doorway"; "the out basket"
  • No longer fashionable.
    • usage: "that style is out these days"
  • Outside or external.
    • usage: "the out surface of a ship's hull"
  • Outer or outlying.
    • usage: "the out islands"
  • Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow.

adverb

  • Away from home.
    • usage: "they went out last night"
  • Moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden.
    • usage: "the cat came out from under the bed";
  • From one's possession.
    • usage: "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
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APAWordNet. (2010). out. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/out/definitions/1180018
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