out
adverb, preposition (FAR AWAY) /aʊt/Definition
C2 a long distance away from land, a town, or your own country: The fishing boats were out at sea for three days. They live out in the countryside, miles from anywhere. He lived out in Zambia for seven years.mainly US The weather's better out west (= a long distance away in the west of the country).Distant in space and time
(Definition of out adverbpreposition (FAR AWAY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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out adverb, preposition (AWAY FROM INSIDE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- afar adverb
- afield adverb
- all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
- as far as the eye can/could see idiom
- be out of the way idiom
- distance noun (SPACE)
- far adverb (DISTANCE)
- farther adjective
- farthest adjective
- farthest adverb
- further adjective
- further adverb
- furthermost adjective
- furthest adverb
- near adverb, preposition
- not anywhere near idiom
- off the beaten track idiom
- outlying adjective
- remote adjective (DISTANT)
- wide adverb (DISTANCE)
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