noun · prep · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ˈaʊtˌteɪk/
CMU ARPABET:AW1 T T EY2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AW1 T EY2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.
Meaning relationships
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
prep
Meaning 4
except; besides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
this is for everyone outtake my wife
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5
verb
Meaning 5
To take out, remove.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To except.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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7
noun
Meaning 7
a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: scene, shot
History
Etymology
From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.
From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
pois jätetty otos
— portion of a recording not included in the final version
Finnish:
pois jätetty kohta
— portion of a recording not included in the final version
French:
scène coupée
— portion of a recording not included in the final version
French:
bêtisier
— portion of a recording not included in the final version
German:
Outtake
— portion of a recording not included in the final version
German:
Nichtkopierer
— portion of a recording not included in the final version
German:
herausgeschnittenes Filmmaterial
— portion of a recording not included in the final version
Finnish:
hylätty versio
— version dropped in favour of another version