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CEFRA1

/ˈäʊ̯t/

adverb · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    Away from the inside or a usual place.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Not inside a place or no longer involved.

Examples

  • Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.

  • I hate those spiders. They're always there to freak me out when I'm cleaning.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈaʊ̯t/
  • /ˈawt/

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adverb

Extra meanings

  1. Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.

  2. Away from the inside or centre.

  3. Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.

More examples

In context

  • She ran out into the corridor.

  • Once they had landed, the commandos quickly spread out along the beach.

  • The magician tapped the hat, and a rabbit jumped out.

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Origin

adverb

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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots oot (“out”), Yola out, outh, udh, ut, uth (“out”), North Frisian üt, ütj (“out”), Saterland Frisian uut (“out of”), West Frisian út (“out”), Cimbrian aus, auz (“out, outwards”), Dutch uit (“out”), German and Luxembourgish aus (“out”), Yiddish אויס (oys, “over, finished”), Danish ud (“out; outside”), Icelandic út (“out”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, an...