off vs out

off

adv
  • Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. 

  • Offstage. 

  • Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase. 

  • So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated. 

  • In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point. 

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

  • Removed or subtracted from. 

  • Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via. 

  • Out of the possession of. 

  • Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to. 

  • Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland. 

  • No longer wanting or taking. 

  • Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon. 

verb
  • To switch off. 

  • To kill. 

adj
  • Inoperative, disabled. 

  • On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left). 

  • Inappropriate; untoward. 

  • Circumstanced. 

  • Cancelled; not happening. 

  • Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent. 

  • Presently unavailable. 

  • Started on the way. 

  • Rancid, rotten, gone bad. 

  • Less than normal, in temperament or in result. 

  • The off front wheel came loose. 

  • Not fitted; not being worn. 

  • Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities. 

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

  • Far; off to the side. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • Beginning; starting point. 

out

adv
  • Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. 

  • Away from home or one's usual place. 

  • Away from; at a distance. 

  • Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference. 

  • So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc. 

  • 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). 

  • To the end; completely. 

  • Outside; not indoors. 

  • Used to intensify or emphasize. 

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

  • Get out; begone; away! 

adj
  • In bloom. 

  • Released, available for purchase, download or other use. 

  • Without; no longer in possession of; not having more 

  • Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds. 

  • No longer popular or in fashion. 

  • Of the tide, at or near its lowest level. 

  • Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount. 

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

  • Discarded; no longer a possibility. 

  • Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity. 

  • Freed from from secrecy. 

  • Not inside or within something. 

  • Of the ball or other playing implement, falling or passing or being situated outside the bounds of the playing area. 

  • Not available; out of service. 

  • Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications. 

  • Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc). 

  • Dismissed from play under the rules of the game. 

  • Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement 

  • Not fitted or inserted into something. 

  • school is out tomorrow due to snow; when college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state 

  • Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual. 

  • acceptable, permissible 

  • Not shining or burning. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

  • A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. 

  • A card which can make a hand a winner. 

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

prep
  • From from the inside to the outside of; out of. 

verb
  • To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc). 

  • To kill; to snuff out. 

  • To eject; to expel. 

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

  • To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent. 

  • To reveal (a secret). 

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