noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American:/ˈaʊt.ɹoʊ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈaʊ.tɹəʊ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A portion of music at the end of a song.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
2009, 24 September, Jude Rogers in The Guardian, The trouble with remastered records But then something happens on I Want You (She's So Heavy), two minutes into the song's intense outro, when a cloud of white noise comes in, [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extro
Antonyms: intro
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noun
Meaning 2
The closing sequence at the end of a film, television program, video game, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Blend of out + intro, an analogy using out as the opposite of in. First attested in the title of the song The Intro and the Outro (1967), by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and written by Vivian Stanshall.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.