"out-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From Middle English ut-, from Old English ūt- (“out, without, outside”) (also as ūta-, ūtan- (“from or on the outside, without”), as in ūtanweard (“outward, external”)), from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (“out-”). Cognate with Dutch uit-, German aus-, Swedish ut-, Icelandic út-. More at out. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ut-}} Middle English ut-, {{inh|en|ang|ūt-||out, without, outside}} Old English ūt- (“out, without, outside”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ūt-||out-}} Proto-Germanic *ūt- (“out-”), {{cog|nl|uit-}} Dutch uit-, {{cog|de|aus-}} German aus-, {{cog|sv|ut-}} Swedish ut-, {{cog|is|út-}} Icelandic út- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} out-, {{en-prefix}} out-
  1. External to, on the outside of Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-out--en-prefix-jOAJxQVk
  2. Toward the outside of, away from Tags: morpheme Synonyms (away from): off-, ab-, apo-, de-, away, off
    Sense id: en-out--en-prefix-noWrOEoY Disambiguation of 'away from': 9 84 1 3 3 0
  3. Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (surpassing; loose sense): supra-
    Sense id: en-out--en-prefix-K3SQuLqL Disambiguation of 'surpassing; loose sense': 7 8 68 11 6 0
  4. Greater than Tags: morpheme Synonyms (greater than): supra- Translations (Translations): supra- (Spanish), extra- (Spanish), ultra- (Spanish), exo- (Spanish), ecto- (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-out--en-prefix-H7yt2qNi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 2 51 37 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 2 3 76 18 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 5 2 55 36 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 2 61 34 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 2 3 67 26 0 Disambiguation of 'greater than': 1 1 0 94 4 0 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 2 1 1 85 11 0
  5. Beyond Tags: morpheme Synonyms (beyond): trans-, para-, hyper-, ultra-, extra-, preter-
    Sense id: en-out--en-prefix-Hr-8duvj Disambiguation of 'beyond': 3 2 1 9 86 0
  6. Completely Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-out--en-prefix-HCMSjBuB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (outside): ex-, exo-, ecto-
Disambiguation of 'outside': 39 42 4 7 8 0
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          "text": "outback"
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          "word": "apo-"
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          "text": "outdo"
        },
        {
          "text": "outlast"
        },
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          "text": "outmaneuver"
        },
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          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
          "text": "It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 345:",
          "text": "She was nobody when he married her, barely the daughter of a gentleman; but ever since her being turned into a Churchill she has out-Churchill’d them all in high and mighty claims: but in herself, I assure you, she is an upstart.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Noam Chomsky, What Kind of Creatures Are We?, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 124:",
          "text": "With a few honorable exceptions it out-Descartesed Descartes […]",
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          "sense": "Translations",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "The plant's leaves outgrew their box",
          "type": "example"
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          "_dis1": "3 2 1 9 86 0",
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          "_dis1": "3 2 1 9 86 0",
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          "text": "outfit"
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      "_dis1": "39 42 4 7 8 0",
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}
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    {
      "sense": "outside",
      "word": "ex-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "outside",
      "word": "exo-"
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    {
      "sense": "outside",
      "word": "ecto-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "away from",
      "word": "off-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "away from",
      "word": "ab-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "away from",
      "word": "apo-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "away from",
      "word": "de-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "away from",
      "word": "away"
    },
    {
      "sense": "away from",
      "word": "off"
    },
    {
      "sense": "surpassing; loose sense",
      "word": "supra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "greater than",
      "word": "supra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "trans-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "para-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "extra-"
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "supra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "extra-"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "exo-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ecto-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "out-"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.