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sellout
sellout
English
Alternative forms
Noun
sellout (plural sellouts)
- An action in which principles are compromised for financial gain.
- A person who compromises his or her principles for financial gain.
- The rock star used to be hardcore, but now he's just a sellout.
- The selling of an entire stock of something, especially tickets for an entertainment or sports event.
- The game was a sellout.
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Anagrams
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton sellet (in the Catholicon).
Verb
sellout
Conjugation
| Personal forms | |||||||
| Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
| Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
| 1s | sellan | sellen | sellis | sellin | sellfen | selljen | - |
| 2s | sellez | selles | selljout | selli | sellfes | selljes | sell |
| 3s | sell | selle | sellas | sello | sellfe | sellje | sellet |
| 1p | sellomp | sellemp | selljomp | sellimp | sellfemp | selljemp | sellomp |
| 2p | sellit | sellec'h | selljoc'h | sellot | sellfec'h | selljec'h | sellit |
| 3p | sellont | sellent | selljont | sellint | sellfent | selljent | sellent |
| 0 | seller | selled | selljod | sellor | sellfed | selljed | - |
| Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
| Infinitive: sellout Present participle: o sellout Past participle: sellet (auxiliary verb: kaout) |
Soft mutation after a: a sell- Mixed mutation after e: e sell- Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na sell- |
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Usage notes
This verb may be used with the preposition ouzh or not (ex: emaon o sellout ouzh an tele or emaon o sellout an tele both mean I'm watching the tv). However, when used without ouzh, the verb sellout may take the meaning of to see. The verb to see in Breton is usually gwelet.