English Explanatory Dictionary

out-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. External to, on the outside of
  2. Toward the outside of, away from
  3. Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive.
  4. Greater than
  5. Beyond
  6. Completely

Word forms

out-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- 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.

Synonyms

ex- exo- ecto- off- ab- apo- de- away off supra- trans- para- hyper- ultra- extra- preter-

Antonyms

in- intra- en- em- im- end- endo- ento-

Translations

Polish: poza-
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