out-
out- repr. OE. ūt-, found in some thirty comps. meaning chiefly ‘outward(s)’, ‘outlying’, ‘foreign’, ‘exterior, external’; much increased in number and extended in application, in ME. and later; e.g. on the model of OE. ūthealf outward side are outside, outskirts, outline; = ‘outside the premises or area’, as in outhouse, outland (OE. ūtland); = ‘external’, as out-patient; on intr. verbal phrases such as break out, cry out, fit out, lay out, look out were formed outbreak, outcry, outfit, outlay, outlook; on trans. verbal phrases in the sense ‘exceed or go beyond a person or thing in something’, as outbid, outdo, outgrow, outlast, outline, outrun; out-Herod exceed Herod in violence; outstrip (XVI) is based on an obs. vb. meaning ‘move swiftly’; similarly with sbs., as outwit, out-general; with prepositional sense, as outdoor XVIII.
More From encyclopedia.com
Sense , SENSE
"Sense" is the distinctive central notion in theories of thought and language inspired by the later work of Gottlob Frege ("sense" translates F… Senses , Senses
The senses are the immediate principles of sensation. They have an organic structure that is scientifically observable and are energized by an… Sensation , Sensation may be described as the most elementary cognitive reaction of an organism to its environment. The awareness of green, of warm, of sharp—whe… McCormick & Company, Inc. , mean1 / mēn/ • v. (past and past part. meant / ment/ ) [tr.] 1. intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify: I do… intransitive , in·tran·si·tive / inˈtransitiv; -zi-/ • adj. (of a verb or a sense or use of a verb) not taking a direct object, e.g., look in look at the sky. The o… -ism , -ISM
-ISM. A noun-forming SUFFIX, three of whose uses relate to language: (1) Forming words for concepts, activities, and conditions: agrammatism, bi…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
out-