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out
Preposition
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Something that is out is not in.
Polly opened the door and went out.
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If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing..
Turn the light out before you leave.
The power's out so nothing's working.
I'm trying to find which light went out.
Oh, no! The fire's gone out again.
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Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside.
He took the pen out of his pocket.
Please, close the door as you go out.
If you walk out that door, you can't come back.
The car stopped and out came two men.
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far away
We live out in the country.
He's about half an hour out of Toronto.
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If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them.
You can't see the doctor now. He is out.
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to a number of people
We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived.
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away
Don't throw that out. I'm still using it.
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If something is out, you can look at or see it.
the sun is out
the flowers are out
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If something comes out of something, it comes from it.
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If something is out, it is available for sale.
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If something is out, it is not in fashion.
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If someone is out, they are not conscious.
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If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it.
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If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.
out
Noun
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If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out.
There were two men on base and two outs.
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A way to escape is an out.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
or
Conjunction
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A word used to link two alternative choices.
Would you like tea or coffee?
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
course
Noun
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In school, a course is a class in a specific subject.
The science course was very difficult.
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A course is the path that something follows in space or in time.
During the course of the evening, things went from bad to worse.
The economy grew quickly over the course of the next few years.
In the course of testing the drug, they found new uses for it.
One teacher can completely change the course of your life.
We'll have to let the disease take its course.
It is important that we decide now on the future course for the company.
The wind kept blowing the boat off course.
The course of the river has changed over time.
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For a meal, a course is one part of a meal such as dessert.
We usually do not eat a meal with nine courses.
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Some games are played on a course.
The game of golf is played on a golf course.
course
Verb
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If something courses, it runs or flows through something.
Blood courses through the veins and arteries in our bodies.
The oil coursed through the engine.