prefix
Meaning 1
External to, on the outside of
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- outback
- outhouse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
out-
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prefix
Meaning 2
Toward the outside of, away from
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- outcast
- outlead
- outflee
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 3
Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- outdo
- outlast
- outmaneuver
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 4
Greater than
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- outsize
- outrun
- outgrow
- By the end of the competition, Lisa's plant had outgrown its competitors, winning the competition.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 5
Beyond
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- The plant's leaves outgrew their box
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 6
Completely
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- outfit
- outwork
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: poza- — outside
- Polish: ponad- — surpassing or greater than
- Spanish: superar — surpassing or greater than
- Spanish: superar en — surpassing or greater than
- Spanish: vencer en — surpassing or greater than
- Spanish: aventajar — surpassing or greater than
- Spanish: ventajear — surpassing or greater than