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lock out en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of lockout.
    alt of lockout

Forms

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lock outs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

lock in

Translations (4)

pl lokaut (an event in which an employer bars employees from working) · de Aussperrung (an event in which an employer bars employees from working) · it serrata (an event in which an employer bars employees from working) · sv lockout (an event in which an employer bars employees from working)

lock out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
    • I've locked myself out of my room again!
  2. To prevent from accessing a data structure.
    • The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.
  3. (transitive) (industrial) To prevent (a person, including oneself) from powering up or turning on a machine when doing so would be dangerous (accomplished with objects such as padlocks or zip ties placed through the switch handle, for example)
  4. (intransitive, transitive) (colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate.
    • Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment.

Forms

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locked out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
locked out Tense=Past lexicographic
locks out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
locking out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

let in · lock in

Coordinates

tag out

Deriveds

lock-out · lockout

Hypernyms

keep out

Translations (13)

pl zakluczać (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · pl zamykać na klucz (prevent from accessing a data structure) · it escludere (prevent from accessing a data structure) · fi teljetä (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · sv låsa ute (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · pl zamykać przypadkowo (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · pl zamknąć na klucz (prevent from accessing a data structure) · pt trancar para fora (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · pl zakluczyć (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · de aussperren (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · it chiudersi fuori (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · it escludere (inadvertently prevent from entering a place) · pl zamknąć przypadkowo (inadvertently prevent from entering a place)