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out- definition

out- (o̵ut)

  1. situated at or coming from a point away, outside, external outbuilding, outpatient
  2. going away or forth, outward outbound
  3. better, greater, or more than: used to form verbs from verbs, adjectives, or certain nouns naming persons, actors, or agents [outdo, outsell, outsmart, outgeneral, out-Herod]: a frequent usage in such self-explanatory terms as the following:

Etymology: < out

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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