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way out

/weɪ ˈaʊt/

way out noun: a means of exit.

way out: a means of exit
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Noun

way out (plural ways out)

  1. A means of exit.
    • The way out is along this corridor, through there.
  2. An act or instance of departure.
    • Lock the door on your way out.
  3. (figuratively) A solution to a problem; an escape.
    • This is a real mess. I need a way out.
    • The plight of the elderly plagued with mental decline, such as Alzheimer's dementia, is particularly poignant because at the point where the decline in mental capacity may make life no longer worth living to them, they are incapable of choosing suicide as a way out.1999, Robert L. Solso, Mind and Brain Sciences in the 21st Century, page 199

Adjective

way out (comparative more way out, superlative most way out)

  1. (colloquial) Unconventional, eccentric.
    • This modern art is too way out for me.

Adverb

way out (not comparable)

  1. Far away; to or at a great distance.
    • He lives way out in the middle of nowhere.

way out meaning in Tamil

way out in Tamil

வெளி வழி, வெளிச் செல்வழி, வெளிச்செல் வழி, வெளியேறு வழி, வெளிவழி

Antonyms of way out

Forms of way out

Noun
pluralways out
Adjective
comparativemore way out
superlativemost way out

Words formed from way out

Questions about way out

What does way out mean?
Way out means a means of exit.
What is way out in Tamil?
Way out in Tamil is வெளி வழி, வெளிச் செல்வழி, வெளிச்செல் வழி. See Way out meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is way out?
Way out can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce way out?
Way out is pronounced /weɪ ˈaʊt/.
What is the plural of way out?
The plural of way out is ways out.

Words near way out in the dictionary

  1. Way of St. James
  2. Way of the Cross
  3. way of the world
  4. way of thinking
  5. way off
  6. way out
  7. way out of a paper bag
  8. way out of a wet paper bag
  9. way passenger
  10. way passengers
  11. way station

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Adapted from Wiktionary: way out (page history and authors); way out (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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