"way out" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /weɪ ˈaʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-way out.wav Forms: more way out [comparative], most way out [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} way out (comparative more way out, superlative most way out)
  1. (colloquial) Unconventional, eccentric. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-way_out-en-adj-gQ~uHSEJ Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 14 31 28 27 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 31 28 27 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 32 28 27 0

Adverb [English]

IPA: /weɪ ˈaʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-way out.wav
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} way out (not comparable)
  1. Far away; to or at a great distance. Tags: not-comparable
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Noun [English]

IPA: /weɪ ˈaʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-way out.wav Forms: ways out [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ways out}} way out (plural ways out)
  1. A means of exit.
    Sense id: en-way_out-en-noun-rCD2QfxV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 32 32 29 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 33 35 27 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 33 31 30 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 33 35 28 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 14 31 28 27 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 31 28 27 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 33 36 28 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 32 28 27 0
  2. An act or instance of departure.
    Sense id: en-way_out-en-noun-jN6VGGAi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 32 32 29 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 33 35 27 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 33 31 30 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 33 35 28 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 14 31 28 27 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 31 28 27 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 33 36 28 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 32 28 27 0
  3. (figurative) A solution to a problem; an escape. Tags: figuratively Translations (solution): çarə (Azerbaijani), çıxış yolu (Azerbaijani), изход (izhod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), вы́ход (výxod) (Russian), utväg (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-way_out-en-noun-SrdPAj1w Disambiguation of 'solution': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Far away; to or at a great distance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Far away",
          "far away"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ ˈaʊt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-way out.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-way_out.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-way_out.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-way_out.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-way_out.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "weigh out"
    }
  ],
  "word": "way out"
}

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