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outro en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈaʊt.ɹoʊ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈaʊ.tɹəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of out + intro, an analogy using out as the opposite of in. First attested in the title of the song The Intro and the Outro (1967), by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and written by Vivian Stanshall.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A portion of music at the end of a song.
    • 2009, 24 September, Jude Rogers in The Guardian, The trouble with remastered records But then something happens on I Want You (She's So Heavy), two minutes into the song's intense outro, when a cloud of white noise comes in, […]
    • Find the spot in the script where you want the outro to start fading up. 1992, Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett, Practical recording techniques:
    • […] talking over the intro of a record and off the outro, weaving back and forth between two records spinning […] 1977, Claude Hall, Barbara Hall, This business of radio programming:
  2. (informal) The closing sequence at the end of a film, television program, video game, etc.
    • Having gone through the intro and stopped, the next click plays the outro of the current section and then hits the following script at the end of the outro animation: 2007, Rich Shupe, Zevan Rosser, Learning ActionScript 3.0: a beginner's guide:

Forms

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outros Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

intro

Synonyms

extro

Translations (8)

es conclusión (musical ending) · mi timu (musical ending) · nl outro (musical ending) · es cierre (musical ending) · es epílogo (musical ending) · mi whakatepe (musical ending) · fi outro (musical ending) · nl naspel (musical ending)

wikipedia: The Intro and the Outro · wikipedia: Vivian Stanshall · wikipedia: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band