--- title: O — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 17 description: The 453 words of the English dictionary under O, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / O # O — The English dictionary · page 17 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/16/) **17** [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/18/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/23/) **outcome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An outcome is the result of something, what happens in the end.[↗](../../outcome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In maths probability an outcome is one possible result of an event, like heads or tails when you toss a coin.[↗](../../outcome/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What was the outcome of the match?[↗](../../outcome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rolling a dice has six possible outcomes.[↗](../../outcome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Heads is one outcome of tossing a coin.[↗](../../outcome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We were happy with the outcome of the vote.[↗](../../outcome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · List all the outcomes of spinning the spinner.[↗](../../outcome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody knew what the outcome would be.[↗](../../outcome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor hoped for a good outcome.[↗](../../outcome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each outcome on a fair dice is equally likely.[↗](../../outcome/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang.[↗](../../outcome/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **outcrop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A part of rock that sticks out of the ground or a hillside.[↗](../../outcrop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small group of something appearing in an unexpected place.[↗](../../outcrop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sat on a rocky outcrop to eat our lunch.[↗](../../outcrop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The outcrop of limestone was full of fossils.[↗](../../outcrop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbers practised on the granite outcrop.[↗](../../outcrop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · From the outcrop we could see the whole valley.[↗](../../outcrop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful near outcrops; the edges can be crumbly.[↗](../../outcrop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Australian outback has red rock outcrops.[↗](../../outcrop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **outcry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An outcry is a loud shout of protest, anger or alarm, often from many people together.[↗](../../outcry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was an outcry when the bell rang.[↗](../../outcry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The villagers raised an outcry against the wicked giant.[↗](../../outcry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her outcry woke the whole house.[↗](../../outcry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places; (Writings PSA.144.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outcry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **outdated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Old-fashioned; no longer used or useful because something newer exists.[↗](../../outdated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* No longer correct or true because things have changed: outdated information.[↗](../../outdated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our classroom computer is really outdated.[↗](../../outdated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The map was outdated, so we got lost.[↗](../../outdated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People once believed the Sun went round the Earth, but that idea is outdated.[↗](../../outdated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's phone is outdated; it can't send photos.[↗](../../outdated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This website has outdated prices.[↗](../../outdated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some of the rules in the book are outdated now.[↗](../../outdated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **outdo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To outdo someone is to do better than them, to beat them at something.[↗](../../outdo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you outdo me at running?[↗](../../outdo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The clever fox tried to outdo the wolf.[↗](../../outdo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam tried to outdo his sister with a bigger cake.[↗](../../outdo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **outdoor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Outdoor describes things that happen, are used or are found outside, not inside a building, like outdoor games or an outdoor pool.[↗](../../outdoor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have outdoor PE on Fridays.[↗](../../outdoor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town has an outdoor swimming pool.[↗](../../outdoor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your outdoor shoes before you go in the garden.[↗](../../outdoor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hiking and camping are popular outdoor activities.[↗](../../outdoor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has an outdoor play area.[↗](../../outdoor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear sun cream for outdoor games in summer.[↗](../../outdoor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We love the great outdoors.[↗](../../outdoor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Prince Asmund dearly loved all outdoor sports and an open-air life, and from his earliest childhood he had longed to live entirely in the forest close by.[↗](../../outdoor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **outdoors** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Outdoors means outside, not in a building.[↗](../../outdoors/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The outdoors is the natural world away from buildings: fields, woods, mountains, beaches.[↗](../../outdoors/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let's play outdoors while it's sunny.[↗](../../outdoors/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate our lunch outdoors on the grass.[↗](../../outdoors/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He loves the great outdoors and goes camping a lot.[↗](../../outdoors/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear sunscreen when you are outdoors in summer.[↗](../../outdoors/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's too cold to go outdoors today.[↗](../../outdoors/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Outdoor games are good exercise.[↗](../../outdoors/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats that live outdoors need shelter from rain.[↗](../../outdoors/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class had a lesson outdoors under a tree.[↗](../../outdoors/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **outer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Outer means on the outside, the part farthest from the middle.[↗](../../outer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Outer space is the space beyond the air around the Earth.[↗](../../outer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some old country speech, outer means the same as out of, as in outer date, which means out of date.[↗](../../outer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The outer square has sides of 10 cm.[↗](../../outer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many tiles are on the outer edge?[↗](../../outer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The outer ring has 16 seats.[↗](../../outer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the area of the outer border.[↗](../../outer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts travel into outer space.[↗](../../outer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The outer layer of an onion is dry and thin.[↗](../../outer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Jupiter and Saturn are outer planets.[↗](../../outer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Peel the outer leaves off the lettuce.[↗](../../outer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Chris'mus doin's is outer date, en dey ain't got no bizness layin' roun' loose.[↗](../../outer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the gate of the outer court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.[↗](../../outer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.[↗](../../outer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.42.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.[↗](../../outer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.44.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **outermost** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Outermost means furthest out, farthest from the middle or centre.[↗](../../outermost/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he said unto them: 'Look on me, and do likewise; and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.[↗](../../outermost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outermost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Arameans; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no man there.[↗](../../outermost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.7.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outermost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The outermost gate was locked.[↗](../../outermost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Planets in the outermost part of the solar system are very cold.[↗](../../outermost/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat in the outermost seats of the hall.[↗](../../outermost/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **outfit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An outfit is a set of clothes worn together.[↗](../../outfit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An outfit is a costume for a special event.[↗](../../outfit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informally, an outfit is a group, team, band or company.[↗](../../outfit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To outfit someone is to give them the clothes or equipment they need.[↗](../../outfit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I wore my new outfit to the party.[↗](../../outfit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She dressed up in a pirate outfit.[↗](../../outfit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose an outfit that suits the weather.[↗](../../outfit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins wore matching outfits.[↗](../../outfit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The band is a small outfit from Dublin.[↗](../../outfit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop outfitted us with boots and tents.[↗](../../outfit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When autumn arrived, Tiny had her outfit quite ready; and the field-mouse said to her, "In four weeks the wedding must take place."[↗](../../outfit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **outflow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Water, air or another substance flowing out of a place.[↗](../../outflow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (money) Money going out of a bank, business or country.[↗](../../outflow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The place or pipe where something flows out.[↗](../../outflow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The river is the outflow from the lake.[↗](../../outflow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The outflow pipe takes the dirty water away.[↗](../../outflow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A cold outflow of air came from the thunderstorm.[↗](../../outflow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery's money outflow was bigger than its money coming in.[↗](../../outflow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The country saw a large outflow of workers.[↗](../../outflow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If 50 litres flow in and the outflow is 20 litres, 30 litres remain.[↗](../../outflow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses.[↗](../../outflow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outflow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **outgoing** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A going out; here, the place or time where something goes out, such as the sunrise and sunset.[↗](../../outgoing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* So that they that dwell in the uttermost parts stand in awe of Thy signs; Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.[↗](../../outgoing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.65.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outgoing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **outhouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An outhouse is a small building outside a main house, such as a shed or a store.[↗](../../outhouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man kept his logs in the outhouse.[↗](../../outhouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We stored the bikes in the outhouse.[↗](../../outhouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cow slept in a little outhouse behind the farm.[↗](../../outhouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **outing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short trip out for fun, often with a group, such as a class going to a zoo or museum.[↗](../../outing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A walk or ride out of the house, even a small one.[↗](../../outing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A time when a player or team takes part in a game or race.[↗](../../outing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "his first outing for the team".[↗](../../outing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The act of telling everyone a secret about someone, such as who they love, without their permission; this is unkind and can hurt.[↗](../../outing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class outing to the science museum is on Friday.[↗](../../outing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember to bring your permission slip for the outing.[↗](../../outing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad's Sunday outing is a walk to the park and back.[↗](../../outing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The family outing to the beach was ruined by rain.[↗](../../outing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was the goalkeeper's first outing since his injury.[↗](../../outing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher counted us twice before the outing began.[↗](../../outing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling everyone her secret was a cruel outing, and she cried.[↗](../../outing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **outlandish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Outlandish means strange and odd, unlike what is usual, often from a far-off foreign land.[↗](../../outlandish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore outlandish clothes from a distant land.[↗](../../outlandish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An outlandish bird with blue feathers landed on the wall.[↗](../../outlandish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "I don't understand your outlandish talk," said the king.[↗](../../outlandish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **outlast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To last longer than something else: to keep going or keep working after the other has stopped.[↗](../../outlast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stay alive or stay in a contest longer than someone else.[↗](../../outlast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* These new batteries outlast the cheap ones by hours.[↗](../../outlast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boat outlasted the storm.[↗](../../outlast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She outlasted every other speller in the spelling bee.[↗](../../outlast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Good boots will outlast a pair of trainers.[↗](../../outlast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old oak tree has outlasted three houses on this street.[↗](../../outlast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you outlast me in a staring contest?[↗](../../outlast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle walls outlasted the long siege.[↗](../../outlast/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **outlaw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who has broken the law and is running away from it, especially in old stories.[↗](../../outlaw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To make something against the law; to ban it.[↗](../../outlaw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in Sherwood Forest.[↗](../../outlaw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheriff chased the outlaws across the desert.[↗](../../outlaw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many countries have outlawed child labour.[↗](../../outlaw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoking is outlawed inside restaurants here.[↗](../../outlaw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The outlaw hid in the hills with stolen gold.[↗](../../outlaw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school outlawed phones in class.[↗](../../outlaw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There were nearly a hundred of these outlaws, and their leader was a bold fellow called Robin Hood.[↗](../../outlaw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **outlet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An outlet is a way for something, such as water or gas, to get out.[↗](../../outlet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In American and Canadian English, an outlet is a wall socket where you plug in electrical things.[↗](../../outlet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An outlet is a shop that sells things, often cheaply (a factory outlet).[↗](../../outlet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An outlet is a way of letting out feelings or energy.[↗](../../outlet/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plug the lamp into the outlet.[↗](../../outlet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never put your fingers in an electrical outlet.[↗](../../outlet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lake's outlet is a small stream.[↗](../../outlet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Football is a good outlet for his energy.[↗](../../outlet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought cheap shoes at the outlet store.[↗](../../outlet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drawing is an outlet for my feelings.[↗](../../outlet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 18) Meaning outlets, outgates of the creative power, formations.[↗](../../outlet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../outlet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **outline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An outline is a line that shows the shape or edge of something.[↗](../../outline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An outline is a short plan that gives the main points, not all the details.[↗](../../outline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To outline something is to draw its edge.[↗](../../outline/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To outline a plan or story is to explain its main points.[↗](../../outline/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Draw the outline of the leaf.[↗](../../outline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the outline of the hills in the dark.[↗](../../outline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write an outline before your story.[↗](../../outline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher outlined the plan for the trip.[↗](../../outline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Trace the outline of your hand.[↗](../../outline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Here's a brief outline of the book.[↗](../../outline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Again he gave me an outline for a sketch.[↗](../../outline/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **outlive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To live longer than someone else.[↗](../../outlive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To last longer than something, or to keep going after it has stopped being useful: «The rule has outlived its purpose».[↗](../../outlive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some tortoises outlive their owners.[↗](../../outlive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Women often outlive men.[↗](../../outlive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma outlived all her brothers.[↗](../../outlive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This old law has outlived its usefulness.[↗](../../outlive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Trees can outlive the people who plant them.[↗](../../outlive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was old and bent then; for fifty years had passed and she had outlived them all.[↗](../../outlive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.[↗](../../outlive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.24.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outlive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.[↗](../../outlive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outlive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **outlying** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Outlying means far from the centre, out on the edge of a place.[↗](../../outlying/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They walked to the outlying farms.[↗](../../outlying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The outlying houses were dark.[↗](../../outlying/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school serves the outlying villages.[↗](../../outlying/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **outmost** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Farthest toward the outside.[↗](../../outmost/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the first set, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second set.[↗](../../outmost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outmost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that was outmost in the first set; likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second set.[↗](../../outmost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outmost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the first set, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second set.[↗](../../outmost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../outmost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **outnumber** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To outnumber means to be more in number.[↗](../../outnumber/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") If girls outnumber boys, there are more girls than boys.[↗](../../outnumber/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Girls outnumber boys by 4 in the class.[↗](../../outnumber/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats outnumber dogs 3 to 1.[↗](../../outnumber/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If there are 12 boys and girls outnumber them by 5, how many girls?[↗](../../outnumber/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The red cars outnumber the blue ones.[↗](../../outnumber/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In our town, bikes outnumber cars.[↗](../../outnumber/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The small team was outnumbered but did not give up.[↗](../../outnumber/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants outnumber people by far.[↗](../../outnumber/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At the party adults were outnumbered by children.[↗](../../outnumber/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Jupiter, seeing that Mankind, the only rational creatures, were far outnumbered by the irrational beasts, bade him redress the balance by turning some of the latter into men.[↗](../../outnumber/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/16/) **17** [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/18/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/23/) - ← previous: [page 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/16/) - next →: [page 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/18/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)