"lock out" meaning in English

See lock out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lock out.wav Forms: lock outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lock out (plural lock outs)
  1. Misspelling of lockout. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: lockout Related terms: lock in Translations (an event in which an employer bars employees from working): Aussperrung [feminine] (German), serrata [feminine] (Italian), lockout [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lock_out-en-noun-o97s00x7 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 25 33 9 33 0

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lock out.wav Forms: locks out [present, singular, third-person], locking out [participle, present], locked out [participle, past], locked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lock out (third-person singular simple present locks out, present participle locking out, simple past and past participle locked out)
  1. (transitive) To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked. Tags: transitive Derived forms: lock-out [noun], lockout [noun] Translations (inadvertently prevent from entering a place): teljetä (Finnish), aussperren (German), escludere (Italian), chiudersi fuori (Italian), låsa ute (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lock_out-en-verb-2pkw1~Vv Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 25 33 9 33 0 Disambiguation of 'inadvertently prevent from entering a place': 53 25 22 0
  2. (computing) To prevent from accessing a data structure. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (prevent from accessing a data structure): escludere (Italian)
    Sense id: en-lock_out-en-verb-R4Sy2Udf Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'prevent from accessing a data structure': 9 80 10 0
  3. (transitive) (industrial) To prevent (a person, including oneself) from powering up or turning on a machine when doing so would be dangerous (accomplished with objects such as padlocks or zip ties placed through the switch handle, for example) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lock_out-en-verb-WGK01~TO Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 25 21 38 1 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 25 33 9 33 0 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 12 19 19 48 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 20 45 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 19 24 45 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 18 20 53 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 19 14 50 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 19 15 49 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 19 15 49 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 19 15 51 2
  4. (idiomatic) to be nothing for Halloween. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-lock_out-en-verb-548vr9gO

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an event in which an employer bars employees from working",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lockout"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lock out"
}

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