out
Definition
adverb
- on strikeExamplesThe workers have been out on strike for four weeks. • As soon as the management made the offer, the staff came out. • The shop stewards called the workforce out.
- Usageto be outto be wrong in calculating something, or to be wrongly calculatedExampleThe balance is £10 out.Usagewe are £20,000 out in our calculationswe have £20,000 too much or too little
- U.S.away from work because of illness(NoteThe UK term for this sense is off.)
