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out-

out-

See also: out and oût

English

Prefix

out-

  1. External to, on the outside of
    outback
    outhouse
  2. Toward the outside of, away from
    outcast
    outlead
    outflee
  3. Surpassing, exceeding
    outdo
    outlast
    outmaneuver
    • It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. (Hamlet, act 3, scene 2)
  4. Greater than, beyond
    outsize
  5. Completely
    outfit
    outwork

Derived terms

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Etymology

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.

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