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# out

«out» in Mova's school dictionary: **away from the inside of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb, preposition (out; out of); adjective (out); verb (out, outed — to tell others a secret about someone)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Out means away from the inside of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m1)

2) Out means not at home or not in a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m2)

3) Out means used up, finished or not working, as in «ran out», «the light is out». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m3)

4) Out means seen or known, as in «the sun is out», «the new game is out». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m4)

5) In games, out means no longer in play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m5)

6) (casual) «I'm out» means I'm leaving or I'm not joining; «out of it» means tired, not paying attention; «way out» means amazing or strange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m6)

7) (rude) «Get out!», «out of my way!», «out of order» (UK: not fair, wrong behaviour). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m7)

8) (euphemism) «Let out early» or «out of work» means lost a job; «out for the count» means fast asleep or knocked down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m8)

9) (formal) Exams say «depleted», «exhausted», «distributed», «withdrawn», «absent» and «proportion of». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m9)

10) Out added to a verb can mean loudly, aloud or suddenly, as in "rang out", "rapped out" or "broke out". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#m10)

### sense in the lessons

in phrases of change: «gave out», «ran out», «took out» take away; «out of» names the total («18 out of 20»); in everyday life «go out», «find out», «look out!», «watch out», «out loud», «work out»; in casual talk «I'm out», «chill out», «freak out», «out of it»; in rough talk «get out», «that's out of order», «outta my way»; in the exam voice «the supply was exhausted», «20 leaflets were distributed», «18 correct responses out of a possible 20»

### examples

- She took out 6 cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x1)
- He gave out 20 flyers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x2)
- She got 18 out of 20 right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x3)
- They ran out of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x4)
- Mom is out, she will be back soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x5)
- Look out! A car is coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x6)
- The sun came out after the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x7)
- Read the poem out loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x8)
- We need to find out the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x9)
- Outta my way, I'm late, the bus is in 2 mins! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x10)
- That's out of order, you took 5 and left me 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x11)
- A candidate furnished correct responses to 18 out of a possible 20 items. State the number answered incorrectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/#x12)

### note

«took out», «gave out», «went out» usually take away. Trap: «N out of M» names a part and a whole, not a subtraction; «3 out of 4» is three quarters. «Find out» and «work out» mean to learn or solve, with no operation. «distributed» in an exam means given out; «exhausted» or «depleted» means none left. «out of order» means broken, or in UK talk, unfair. Safety: «Watch out!» and «Look out!» are warnings.

### In the corpora

- [It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/1/)
- [A bank statement lists everything that went in and out of an account, and grown-ups check it for mistakes and fraud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/16/)
- [Some cash machines charge a fee for taking out money, while most bank ones are free.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/18/)
- [Cashback at a shop means taking your own money out as cash while paying by card; it is not a gift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/20/)
- [Example: in a house in Brisbane, a "For Sale" board goes up out the front.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «out» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/out/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.