OUT TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does out to mean? 

• OUT TO (adjective)
  The adjective OUT TO has 1 sense:

1. fixed in your purpose

  Familiarity information: OUT TO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUT TO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fixed in your purpose

Synonyms:

bent; bent on; dead set; out to

Context example:

out to win every event

Similar:

resolute (firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination)

 Context examples 

Salmon Tongue's hand reached out to him and rolled him over on his back.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

She pushed poor Gretel out to the oven, from which flames of fire were already darting.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The group set out to study stars in the outflow directly, as well as the gas that surrounds them.

(Stars Born in Winds from Supermassive Black Holes, ESO)

Holmes held it out to me.

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

He hardly spoke a word the whole way out to the southern suburb, but sat with his chin upon his breast and his hat drawn over his eyes, sunk in the deepest thought.

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

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Instead of reaching out to new VIPs and clients you’ve never met, this month your best career opportunities will emanate from people or companies you already know.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A question about whether an individual avoids or has avoided going out to eat because of their illness.

(Avoid Going Out to Eat Because of Illness, NCI Thesaurus)

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Luis Ulloa of Rutgers University, set out to determine whether they could use eletroacupuncture to activate this nerve and thus modify inflammatory responses.

(Electroacupuncture Reduces Sepsis in Mice, NIH)

They are going out to supper now.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)