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outs

/aʊts/

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noun

Issue, échappatoire

A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

Examples :

"They wrote the law to give those organizations an out."

Ils ont écrit la loi pour donner une issue à ces organisations.

possibility way action

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Retrait

A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.

Examples :

"The baseball team needed only one more out to win the game. "

L'équipe de baseball n'avait besoin que d'un retrait pour gagner le match.

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Élimination

A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.

Examples :

"The batter needed only one more hit, but three quick outs ended the baseball game. "

Le batteur n'avait besoin que d'un seul coup, mais trois éliminations rapides ont mis fin au match de baseball.

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Atout, carte gagnante

A card which can make a hand a winner.

Examples :

""Knowing the remaining cards, she calculated she had nine outs to complete her flush and win the poker hand." "

Sachant les cartes restantes, elle a calculé qu'elle avait neuf atouts pour compléter sa couleur et gagner la main au poker.

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Sortie

A trip out; an outing.

Examples :

""The children were excited about their school outs to the zoo and the museum this year." "

Les enfants étaient enthousiastes à l'idée de leurs sorties scolaires au zoo et au musée cette année.

entertainment action event

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Les personnes qui ne sont pas au pouvoir, les absents

(chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.

Examples :

"The outs in the student council are now working on a new fundraising plan. "

Les absents au conseil étudiant travaillent maintenant sur un nouveau plan de collecte de fonds.

politics government position

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noun

Extérieur, coin, angle saillant

A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.

Examples :

"The children hid in the outs of the old oak tree's roots, playing hide-and-seek in its nooks. "

Les enfants se cachaient à l'extérieur des racines du vieux chêne, jouant à cache-cache dans ses recoins.

place space area part

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Omission, oubli

A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Examples :

"The proofreader marked several "outs" where words were missing from the printed article compared to the original manuscript. "

Le correcteur a marqué plusieurs « oublis » là où des mots manquaient dans l'article imprimé par rapport au manuscrit original.

language writing word communication

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verb

Expulser, exclure

To eject; to expel.

Examples :

"The coach outs players who don't follow the rules. "

L'entraîneur expulse les joueurs qui ne respectent pas les règles.

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verb

Révéler l'orientation sexuelle de quelqu'un, faire son coming out

To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).

Examples :

"Please also note that outing someone can have very negative consequences. * "Mark was worried his classmate would outs him to his parents before he was ready to come out himself." "

Mark craignait que son camarade de classe ne révèle son orientation sexuelle à ses parents avant qu'il ne soit prêt à faire son coming out lui-même.

culture society human person sex communication

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Révéler, dénoncer

To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.

Examples :

""The newspaper threatened to out the politician as having secretly accepted money from the corporation." "

Le journal a menacé de révéler que le politicien avait secrètement accepté de l'argent de la société.

communication media society action organization person police government

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Révéler, dévoiler

To reveal (a secret).

Examples :

"A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design."

Une entreprise brésilienne a révélé le nouveau design du téléphone portable.

communication media society

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Sortir, révéler

To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public or apparent.

Examples :

"The information about the company's financial struggles eventually outs, despite their best efforts to keep it secret. "

Les informations sur les difficultés financières de l'entreprise ont finalement été révélées, malgré tous leurs efforts pour les garder secrètes.

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