outtake
US/ˈaʊtˌteɪk/
outtake noun: a portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
Noun
outtake (plural outtakes)
- A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
- The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.
- A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
- An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
- The boiler is "sectional" and of the water tube type, in which the steam and water drums are arranged transversely to the flow of gases from the furnace to the outtake to chimney.1895, Electrical Engineer, volume 19, page 449
Verb
outtake (third-person singular simple present outtakes, present participle outtaking, simple past outtook, past participle outtaken)
- To take out, remove.
- To except.
- it happed the kynge and launcelot stode in a wyndowe / and sawe syre Tristram ryde and Isoud / Syre sayd Launcelot yonder rydeth the fayrest lady of the world excepte youre quene Dame Gueneuer / who is that said sir Arthur / Sir sayd he / it is quene Isoud that oute taken my lady your quene she is...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X
Preposition
outtake
Synonyms of outtake
Forms of outtake
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | outtakes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | outtakes |
| present participle | outtaking |
| past | outtook |
| past participle | outtaken |
Origin of outtake
From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.
From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”).
Questions about outtake
- What does outtake mean?
- Outtake means a portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
- What part of speech is outtake?
- Outtake can be a noun, a verb or a preposition.
- How do you pronounce outtake?
- Outtake is pronounced /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/ (US).
- What is the plural of outtake?
- The plural of outtake is outtakes.
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