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GO OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "go out" is one way to...):
cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Leave the house to go somewhere
Example:
We never went out when our children were small
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go out" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go out"):
date (go on a date with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Example:
The soldiers went out on missions
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go out" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Example:
the fugitive has left the country
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go out" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Verb group:
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go out"):
depart; go; go away (move away from a place into another direction)
pop out (exit briefly)
file out (march out, in a file)
get off; hop out (get out of quickly)
fall out (leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation)
get off (leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
step out (go outside a room or building for a short period of time)
eject (leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule)
undock (move out of a dock)
log off; log out (exit a computer)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Date regularly; have a steady relationship with
Example:
He is dating his former wife again!
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "go out" is one way to...):
affiliate; associate; assort; consort (keep company with; hang out with)
Verb group:
date (go on a date with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Go out of fashion; become unfashionable
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "go out" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Domain category:
fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
come in (come into fashion; become fashionable)
Context examples:
A question about whether an individual dioes or does not go out due to their swallowing problem.
(Does Not Go Out due to Swallowing Problem, NCI Thesaurus)
Well, it only meant that we waited half an hour or so until I saw your lamp go out and knew that the coast was clear.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient wake up at night, dress, and plan to go out thinking that it is morning and time to start the day?
(NPI - Wake Up at Night, Dress, and Plan to Go Out, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual feels or felt free to go out to eat with friends, neighbors and relatives.
(Feel Free to Go Out to Eat with Friends, Neighbors and Relatives, NCI Thesaurus)
If I should go out of this Palace my people would soon discover I am not a Wizard, and then they would be vexed with me for having deceived them.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
If I stay till evening my candle may go out.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
But by G—, you lost a fine sight by not being here in the morning to see the Thrush go out of harbour!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
If I thought it would not tempt her to go out in sharp winds, and grow coarse, I would send her a new hat and pelisse.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
"Girls, where are you going?" asked Amy, coming into their room one Saturday afternoon, and finding them getting ready to go out with an air of secrecy which excited her curiosity.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It was a snowy day, I recollect, and you could not go out of doors.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)