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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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19,295 words · showing 11,761–11,820

  • outlet/ˈaʊtlɛt/nounB25 meaningsA shop that sells a particular company's goods, or one that sells them cheaply.
  • outlier/ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/nounC1A result that sits far away from all the others.
  • outline/ˈaʊtlaɪn/nounB23 meaningsThe line showing the shape of something.
  • outlive/aʊtˈlɪv/verbB22 meaningsTo go on living after somebody else has died.
  • outlook/ˈaʊtˌlʊk/nounC12 meaningsThe general way a person expects things to go.
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No longer in use because better ways exist.
  • outnumber/aʊtˈnʌmbə(ɹ)/verbB2To be greater in number than another group.
  • outpatient/ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/nounB2+Somebody treated at a hospital without staying the night.
  • outpost/ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/nounB2+2 meaningsA small position held far from the main force.
  • output/ˈaʊtpʊt/nounB2+2 meaningsWhat a system or a worker produces.
  • output targetnounB2The number of items a plant aims to make.
  • outrage/ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/nounB23 meaningsGreat public anger at something felt to be wrong.
  • outrageous/aʊtˈɹeɪ.d͡ʒəs/adjectiveB22 meaningsSo shocking it makes people protest.
  • outreach/ˈaʊtɹiːtʃ/nounC1Work taking a service out to those who need it.
  • outright/aʊtˈɹaɪt/adverbB2+2 meaningsCompletely and openly.
  • outrun/ˈaʊtɹʌn/verbB22 meaningsTo run faster or further than somebody.
  • outset/ˈaʊtsɛt/nounC1The very beginning of something.
  • outshine/aʊtˈʃaɪn/verbB2+To be so much better that others are put in the shade.
  • outsider/ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/nounC1Somebody who does not belong to the group.
  • outskirts/ˈaʊtskɝts/nounB2+The far edges of a city, where the buildings thin out.
  • outsmart/aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/verbB2To beat somebody by being cleverer.
  • outsourcing/ˈaʊtˌsɔː.sɪŋ/nounB2+Paying an outside company to do work your own staff once did.
  • outstanding balancenounC1The amount still left to pay.
  • outstretched/aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃt/adjectiveB2+Extended to full length.
  • outward/ˈaʊt.wɚd/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsFacing or moving away from the centre.
  • outweigh/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/verbC1To matter more than the other side of the scale.
  • oval/ˈəʊvəl/nounB23 meaningsA shape like a stretched circle or an egg.
  • ovation[ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩]nounB2+Long enthusiastic applause from an audience.
  • oven/ˈʌ.vn̩/nounA2+An enclosed compartment for baking and roasting food.
  • oven mittphraseB1A padded glove for handling hot cookware.
  • over my dead body/oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/phraseB2I will resist this with everything I have.
  • over the topphraseB2Excessive and beyond what is reasonable.
  • overall/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɔːl/adjectiveB22 meaningsTaking everything into account.
  • overalls/ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/nounC1Work trousers with a front panel and shoulder straps.
  • overbearingadjectiveC1Domineering in a way that leaves no room for others.
  • overblown/ˌəʊ.vəˈbləʊn/adjectiveC1Made far more of than it deserves.
  • overboard/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/adverbB22 meaningsOver the side of a boat into the water.
  • overbookedadjectiveB2+Sold to more passengers than there are seats.
  • overbookingnounB2+Taking more bookings than there are rooms.
  • overcast/ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/adjectiveB1+Completely covered by grey cloud.
  • overcome/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/verbB22 meaningsTo beat a difficulty.
  • overconfident/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/adjectiveB2+Surer of success than the facts allow.
  • overcooked/ˌəʊ.vəɹˈkʊkt/adjectiveB1+Left on the heat far too long.
  • overcrowdedadjectiveB1+Holding far more people than it should.
  • overdose/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/nounB2+2 meaningsA dangerously large dose of a drug.
  • overdraft/ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/nounC1Permission to spend beyond what is in the account.
  • overdrawn/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd/adjectiveB2+Having taken out more than the account held.
  • overdrive/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/<q:verb>nounB2+2 meaningsA state of working far harder than usual.
  • overdue/ˌəʊ.vəˈdju/adjectiveB13 meaningsNot paid, returned or done by the time it should have been.
  • overestimate/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/<q:verb>verbB2+To think something bigger or better than it is.
  • overexposedadjectiveB2+Burnt out and too pale from too much light.
  • overflow/ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/verbB22 meaningsTo spill over the edge of a container or channel.
  • overflowing/ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsSo full that the contents are spilling out.
  • overgrownadjectiveB1+Covered in plants that have grown wild.
  • overhandadjectiveB2+Thrown with the arm raised above the shoulder.
  • overhang/əʊvəˈhaŋ/nounB2+Rock that leans out further than the ground below.
  • overhaul/ˈəʊvəˌhɔːl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo take something apart and repair it thoroughly.
  • overhead/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/adverbB1+4 meaningsDirectly above; in the sky or the space above your head.
  • overhead linenounC1The wire that feeds current to electric trains.
  • overhead lockernounB2The closed shelf above the seats for small bags.