GO OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go out mean? 

• GO OUT (verb)
  The verb GO OUT has 6 senses:

1. move out of or depart from

2. leave the house to go somewhere

3. take the field

4. become extinguished

5. go out of fashion; become unfashionable

6. date regularly; have a steady relationship with

  Familiarity information: GO OUT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move out of or depart from

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

exit; get out; go out; leave

Context example:

the fugitive has left the country

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 2

Meaning:

Leave the house to go somewhere

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

We never went out when our children were small

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:

Take the field

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The soldiers went out on missions

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:

Become extinguished

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark

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 5

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)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Date regularly; have a steady relationship with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

date; go out; go steady; see

Context example:

He is dating his former wife again!

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

 Context examples 

He is always asked by the State Committee to go out on stump during campaign.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“But he’s all on fire to start, Colonel, so we had best go out if you are ready.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The local police had to be called in, they had to communicate with Scotland Yard, Hopkins had to go out, and he in turn had to send for me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Your new friends will support you and go out of their way to help you reach your goals.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

And the Rucastles go out to-night?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Being together, shall we go out now, and try to find her tonight?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Once more have I seen the Count go out in his lizard fashion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Dear children, said a poor man to his four sons, I have nothing to give you; you must go out into the wide world and try your luck.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“Ever since the trial, it has just improved so much that now I can go out and spend time with my family and friends,” she said.

(Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Developed in Australia Shows Promise, VOA)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Decide to go out (walk, visit, shop) at an appropriate time?

(DAD - Decide to Go Out at an Appropriate Time, NCI Thesaurus)