out
adverb, preposition (NOT FASHIONABLE) /aʊt/ informalDefinition
› no longer fashionable or popular: Every month the magazine lists what's out and what's in (= fashionable). Trousers like that went out (= stopped being fashionable) in the 70s.Old or old-fashionedThe elderly
(Definition of out adverbpreposition (NOT FASHIONABLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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out adverb, preposition (LOUD)
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out adverb, preposition (MADE PUBLIC)
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out adverb, preposition (MOVE AWAY)
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out adverb, preposition (NOT ACCEPTABLE)
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out adverb, preposition (NOT ACCURATE)
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out adverb, preposition (OUTSIDE)
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out adverb, preposition (SPORT)
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out adverb, preposition (UNCONSCIOUS)
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out adverb, preposition (VERY)
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out and about idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a thing of the past idiom
- age-old adjective
- ageing adjective
- ancient adjective
- antediluvian adjective
- fossilized adjective
- frumpy adjective
- have had its/your day idiom
- hoary adjective
- mumsy adjective
- olde-worlde adjective
- olden adjective
- oldish adjective
- out of date adjective (FASHION)
- out of date adjective (INFORMATION)
- uncool adjective
- unreconstructed adjective
- used adjective (NOT NEW)
- venerable adjective
- vintage adjective (HIGH QUALITY)
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