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# outlet

«outlet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a way for something, such as water or gas, to get out** — 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

noun (an outlet, outlets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An outlet is a way for something, such as water or gas, to get out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#m1)

2) In American and Canadian English, an outlet is a wall socket where you plug in electrical things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#m2)

3) An outlet is a shop that sells things, often cheaply (a factory outlet). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#m3)

4) An outlet is a way of letting out feelings or energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a river's outlet is where water leaves a lake. In electrical safety: never poke anything into an outlet (socket) and keep water away from it. In health, sport or art can be an outlet for anger or stress. Phrases: "power outlet", "outlet store", "an outlet for…".

### examples

- Plug the lamp into the outlet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#x1)
- Never put your fingers in an electrical outlet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#x2)
- The lake's outlet is a small stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#x3)
- Football is a good outlet for his energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#x4)
- We bought cheap shoes at the outlet store. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#x5)
- Drawing is an outlet for my feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlet/#x6)

### note

Countable. British English usually says "socket" or "plug socket"; American English says "outlet". News "outlets" are newspapers or TV channels.

### In the corpora

- [Keep hair, fingers and toys away from pool drains and outlets, because strong suction can hold you under.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/16/)
- [Anger needs a safe outlet, like running hard, a pillow or talking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/27/)
- [To check a clip, find the full event on an official channel or a news outlet and watch a minute before and after.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait/14/)
- [A screenshot of a headline is easy to change; the real article on the outlet's own website is what counts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait/15/)
- [Ways to break a bubble include reading different outlets, news from another country, and the other side's best argument.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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