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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
way out en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /weɪ ˈaʊt/
Meanings
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(colloquial) Unconventional, eccentric.
This modern art is too way out for me.
Forms
way out en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /weɪ ˈaʊt/
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Far away; to or at a great distance.
He lives way out in the middle of nowhere.
way out en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /weɪ ˈaʊt/
Meanings
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A means of exit.
The way out is along this corridor, through there.
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An act or instance of departure.
Lock the door on your way out.
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(figuratively) A solution to a problem; an escape.
The plight of the elderly plagued with mental decline, such as Alzheimer's dementia, is particularly poignant because at the point where the decline in mental capacity may make life no longer worth living to them, they are incapable of choosing suicide as a way out.
1999, Robert L. Solso, Mind and Brain Sciences in the 21st Century, page 199:This is a real mess. I need a way out.
Forms
Antonyms
way in (antonym(s) of “exit”)
Deriveds
take the easy way out
Translations (14)
es manera de salir (solution) · es efugio (solution) · bg изход (solution) · pl wyjście (solution) · es forma de salir (solution) · az çıxış yolu (solution) · pl wyjście (exit) · sv utväg (solution) · es modo de salir (solution) · ru вы́ход (exit) · ru вы́ход (solution) · es escurribunda (solution) · az çarə (solution) · es escapatoria (solution)