"out of sight" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-out of sight.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=out of sight}} out of sight (not comparable)
  1. (literally) Not accessible to view. Tags: literally, not-comparable Synonyms (not accessible to view): invisible, unapparent, unseeable, unseen, unvisible Synonyms (not accessible to view; in hiding): hidden Translations (not accessible to view): piilossa (Finnish), näkymättömissä (Finnish), poissa näkyvistä (Finnish), ekki sjáanleg (Icelandic), as amharc (Irish), tuakaihau (Maori), makaro (Maori), à pèrte dé veue [Jersey] (Norman), orīeġe (Old English)
    Sense id: en-out_of_sight-en-adj-AdNEXgBv Disambiguation of 'not accessible to view': 84 15 0 1 0 Disambiguation of 'not accessible to view; in hiding': 80 18 0 1 0 Disambiguation of 'not accessible to view': 84 15 0 1 0
  2. (idiomatic, of a goal, aspiration, etc) Not yet attainable. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, of a goal Synonyms: outta sight, outtasight Related terms: out of sight, out of mind, out of one's sight Translations (in hiding): piilossa (Finnish), näkymättömissä (Finnish), poissa näkyvistä (Finnish), úr augnsýn (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-out_of_sight-en-adj-EDsKkCuo Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 51 1 13 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 52 2 8 2 Disambiguation of 'in hiding': 36 64 0 0 0
  3. (idiomatic, colloquial) Superb, excellent. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms (superb): excellent Translations (superb): sanoinkuvaamaton (Finnish), mahtava (Finnish), ótrúlega flott (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-out_of_sight-en-adj-jpTm19GD Disambiguation of 'superb': 1 1 97 1 0 Disambiguation of 'superb': 1 1 97 1 0
  4. (idiomatic, colloquial) Very expensive. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms (very expensive): expensive
    Sense id: en-out_of_sight-en-adj-HW1FbR5c Disambiguation of 'very expensive': 1 2 0 97 0
  5. (idiomatic, colloquial) Drunk. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms (drunk): drunk
    Sense id: en-out_of_sight-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ Disambiguation of 'drunk': 0 0 0 0 100

Alternative forms

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