English

Adverb

out

1. Away from the inside or the centre.

   The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat

2. Away from home, not indoors.

   Let's eat out tonight

3. Away from.

   Keep out!

Antonyms

• (1) into
• (2) in

Related terms

• out-
• outer
• out of
• far out
• go out
• eat out
• put out
• way out
• outta = slang, contraction of out of

Translations

• German: heraus, hinaus
• Irish: amach

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 cojugating them.

• Dutch: usually expressed by the prefix uit-
• Esperanto: usually expressed by the prefix el- and/or preposition el (1), ekstere (2)
• German: usually expressed by the prefix aus-
• Latin: usually expressed by the prefix ex-.
• Slovak: usually expressed by the prefix vy- or sometimes z-

Noun

out (plural outs)

1. (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.

Translations

• Slovak: out (pronounced the English way)

Transitive verb

to out

1. To declare a person to be a homosexual, especially one who is reluctant for this information to be made public.
2. To declare a personal secret belonging to another person.

Antonym

• in

Adjective

out

1. Not at home.
2. (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).
3. Openly acknowledging one's homosexuality.

Synonym

• (3) openly gay

Antonyms

• (1) not out
• (2) in, not out
• (3) closeted, not out

Translations

• Czech: ven
• Esperanto: ekstere (1)
• Slovak: von, vonku

Related terms

• outer
• outing
• outness
• all out