Out vs. Off

Outadverb

Away from the inside or the centre.

Outadverb

Away from home or one's usual place.

Outadverb

Outside; not indoors.

Outadverb

Away from; at a distance.

Outadverb

Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.

Outadverb

To the end; completely.

Outadverb

Used to intensify or emphasize.

Outadverb

(of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.

Outadverb

Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).

Outpreposition

}} Away from the inside.

Outnoun

A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

Outnoun

(baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.

Outnoun

(cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.

Outnoun

(poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.

Outnoun

(dated) A trip out; an outing.

Outnoun

One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.

Outnoun

A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.

Outnoun

A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Outverb

(transitive) To eject; to expel.

Outverb

(transitive) To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Outverb

(transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.

Outverb

(transitive) To reveal (a secret).

Outverb

To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.

Outverb

To become apparent.

Outadjective

Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment.

Outadjective

Released, available for purchase, download or other use.

Outadjective

(in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.

Outadjective

Openly acknowledging that one is queer and/or genderqueer.

Outadjective

(of flowers) In bloom.

Outadjective

(of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.

Outadjective

(of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.

Outadjective

(of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.

Outadjective

No longer popular or in fashion.

Outadjective

Without; no longer in possession of; not having more

Outadjective

(of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.

Outadjective

(obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.

Outinterjection

A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.

Outinterjection

Get out; begone; away!

Outadverb

In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; - opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.

Outadverb

Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. Opposite of in.

Outadverb

Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual or figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; a matter of public knowledge; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.

Outadverb

Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out; that style is on the way out.

Outadverb

Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; - used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.

Outadverb

Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.

Outadverb

Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.

Outadverb

Out of fashion; unfashionable; no longer in current vogue; unpopular.

Outnoun

One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; - generally in the plural.

Outnoun

A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; - chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.

Outnoun

A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Outverb

To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.

Outverb

To come out with; to make known.

Outverb

To give out; to dispose of; to sell.

Outverb

To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.

Outinterjection

Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; - with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.

Outnoun

(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball;

Outverb

to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality;

Outverb

reveal somebody else's homosexuality;

Outverb

be made known; be disclosed or revealed;

Outadjective

not allowed to continue to bat or run;

Outadjective

of a fire; being out or having grown cold;

Outadjective

not worth considering as a possibility;

Outadjective

out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election;

Outadjective

excluded from use or mention;

Outadjective

directed outward or serving to direct something outward;

Outadjective

no longer fashionable;

Outadjective

outside or external;

Outadjective

outer or outlying;

Outadjective

knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

Outadverb

outside of an enclosed space;

Outadverb

outward from a reference point;

Outadverb

away from home;

Outadverb

from one's possession;

Offadverb

In a direction away from the speaker or object.

Offadverb

Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.

Offadverb

So as to be removed or separated.

Offadjective

Inoperative, disabled.

Offadjective

Rancid, rotten.

Offadjective

(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Offadjective

Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

Offadjective

Inappropriate; untoward.

Offadjective

Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).

Offadjective

Started on the way.

Offadjective

Far; off to the side.

Offadjective

Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.

Offadjective

(in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

Offadjective

Presently unavailable.

Offadjective

Right-hand in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle.

Offpreposition

Used to indicate movement away from a position on

Offpreposition

(colloquial) Out of the possession of.

Offpreposition

Away from or not on.

Offpreposition

Disconnected or subtracted from.

Offpreposition

Distant from.

Offpreposition

No longer wanting or taking.

Offpreposition

Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineeringEngineering.

Offverb

To kill.

Offverb

To switch off.

Offnoun

(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

Offadverb

In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:

Offadverb

Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.

Offadverb

Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.

Offadverb

Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.

Offadverb

Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.

Offadverb

Denoting opposition or negation.

Offinterjection

Away; begone; - a command to depart.

Offpreposition

Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.

Offadjective

On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.

Offadjective

Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.

Offadjective

Designating a time when one's performance is below normal; as, he had an off day.

Offnoun

The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.

Offadjective

not in operation or operational;

Offadjective

below a satisfactory level;

Offadjective

(of events) no longer planned or scheduled;

Offadjective

in an unpalatable state;

Offadjective

not performing or scheduled for duties;

Offadverb

from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete);

Offadverb

at a distance in space or time;

Offadverb

no longer on or in contact or attached;

Offadverb

away from the place in question; to or at a distance

Offadverb

away from the main route

Offadverb

so as to be removed or separated

Offadverb

absent; away from work

Offadverb

starting a journey or race; leaving

Offadverb

so as to bring to an end or be discontinued

Offadverb

cancelled

Offadverb

(of an item on a menu) temporarily unavailable

Offadverb

(of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to function

Offadverb

having access to or possession of material goods or wealth to the extent specified

Offadverb

(with preceding numeral) denoting a quantity produced at one time.

Offpreposition

moving away and often down from

Offpreposition

situated or leading in a direction away from (a main route or intersection)

Offpreposition

out at sea from (a place on the coast)

Offpreposition

so as to be removed or separated from

Offpreposition

absent from

Offpreposition

abstaining from

Offpreposition

having a temporary dislike of

Offadjective

characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate

Offadjective

unwell

Offadjective

(of food) no longer fresh

Offadjective

located on the side of a vehicle that is normally furthest from the kerb; offside.

Offadjective

annoying or unfair

Offadjective

unfriendly or hostile

Offnoun

the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) towards which the batsman's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball.

Offnoun

the start of a race, journey, or experience

Offverb

leave

Offverb

kill; murder