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/aʊt/adverb, preposition

उच्चारण आउट

बाहर; बुझा हुआ; प्रकाशित; आउट

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adverb, preposition
  1. 1

    away from the inside of a place or thing; not at home or at work; no longer burning; not in fashion; available to the public; (in cricket) dismissed

    बाहर; बुझा हुआ; प्रकाशित; आउट

    • Go out.
    • She is out.
    • The lights are out.
    + 7 more examples
    • The result is out.
    • The cat ran out of the room.
    • Mr Sharma is out of the office until Monday.
    • The fire went out in the night.
    • The new film comes out next Friday.
    • The batter was out for a duck.
    • Bell-bottom trousers have been out of fashion for years.

    Synonyms outside away absent extinguished published

    Opposite in inside

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

be/go out (not at home or work)

Out means away from the inside of a place, or not at home. Use it with be and go.

'Out' का अर्थ किसी स्थान के भीतर से बाहर, या घर में न होना है। यह be और go के साथ आता है।

  • My father is out at the moment.
  • We went out for dinner on Sunday.

out (of) + noun

Out of means from inside something to the outside, or no longer having something. The of is needed before a noun.

'Out of' का अर्थ किसी चीज़ के भीतर से बाहर, या किसी चीज़ का खत्म हो जाना है। Noun से पहले 'of' ज़रूरी है।

  • She took a pen out of her bag.
  • We are out of milk.

be out (cricket)

In cricket, a batsman is out when he is dismissed. The opposite is not out.

Cricket में बल्लेबाज़ आउट तब होता है जब वह पवेलियन भेज दिया जाए। इसका विपरीत 'not out' है।

  • The umpire declared him out leg before wicket.
  • Kohli remained not out on 80.

out as a particle (come out, run out, work out)

Out forms many phrasal verbs, giving ideas of release, ending or solving.

'Out' कई phrasal verbs बनाता है, जिनमें मुक्ति, समाप्ति या हल करने का भाव होता है।

  • The new book comes out next month.
  • The fire went out before morning.

out vs. outside

Out is mostly an adverb, as in go out; outside is a preposition or noun, as in outside the house.

'Out' प्रायः adverb है, जैसे go out; 'outside' preposition या noun है, जैसे outside the house।

  • We waited outside the hall while the others went out.
+Collocations 5

verb + out

gocomerunfindpointwork

  • Radhika worked out the answer in two minutes.

out + noun/adjective

of orderof dateof stockof breathof print

  • The lift is out of order.

idiom with out

out and aboutout of the blueout of touchout of reach

  • She was out and about by six in the morning.

out + of + noun

of fashionof controlof dangerof tune

  • The old song went out of fashion.

out + adjective

out loudout coldout of sightout of reach

  • Please read the paragraph out loud.
“More examples 6
  • The candle blew out in the strong wind.

तेज़ हवा में मोमबत्ती बुझ गई।

  • Radhika is out of town for a week.

राधिका एक सप्ताह के लिए शहर से बाहर है।

  • The batsman was out for a duck.

बल्लेबाज़ शून्य पर आउट हो गया।

  • The book has been out of print since last year.

यह किताब पिछले वर्ष से छपनी बंद है।

  • Please take your books out of the bag.

कृपया अपनी किताबें बैग से बाहर निकालिए।

  • The sun came out after three days of rain.

तीन दिन की बारिश के बाद सूरज निकल आया।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ He took the book out the bag.

✓ He took the book out of the bag.

Before a noun, out needs the preposition of.

Noun से पहले 'out' के साथ preposition 'of' आता है।

✗ The shop has run out from sugar.

✓ The shop has run out of sugar.

The phrasal verb is run out of.

Phrasal verb 'run out of' है, 'run out from' नहीं।

✗ The light is out of order since morning.

✓ The light has been out of order since morning.

Since needs a present perfect tense, not a simple present.

'Since' के साथ present perfect tense चाहिए, simple present नहीं।

Idioms 3

out and about

able to go out again after an illness; travelling around a place

(बीमारी के बाद) फिर से घूमने-फिरने लायक; इधर-उधर घूमते हुए

  • Grandfather is out and about again after his operation.
  • We spent the whole day out and about in Jaipur.

out with it!

(informal) used to tell sb to say what they want to say quickly

जो कहना है, साफ़-साफ़ कहो

  • Out with it! What did the teacher say?
  • Come on, out with it – who broke the glass?

be/feel out of it

(informal) to feel that you are not part of a group or activity; to be unable to think clearly because you are tired or have taken a drug

अलग-थलग महसूस करना; (थकान या दवा से) होश में न होना

  • At the party I felt a bit out of it because I knew nobody.
  • After the medicine he was completely out of it.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

'out of' ('out of the room', not 'out the room' in British English).

'out of' ('out of the room', British English में 'out the room' नहीं)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Phrasal verbs with out, asked very often: find out (discover), carry out (do), point out (show), run out of (have no more), work out (exercise; solve), break out (start suddenly: 'A fire broke out'), fill out (complete a form), give out (distribute; stop working), stand out (be noticeable), make out (understand), sort out (solve).

Out वाले phrasal verbs बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: find out (पता लगाना), carry out (करना, पूरा करना), point out (इंगित करना), run out of (समाप्त हो जाना), work out (व्यायाम करना; हल करना), break out (अचानक शुरू होना: 'A fire broke out'), fill out (फ़ॉर्म भरना), give out (बाँटना; काम करना बंद करना), stand out (अलग दिखना), make out (समझना), sort out (सुलझाना)।

Out of the blue (unexpectedly), out of order (not working), out of the question (impossible), out of date (old).

Idioms: out of the blue (अप्रत्याशित रूप से), out of order (ख़राब), out of the question (असंभव), out of date (पुराना)।