burn out

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [burn out]
- /bɜrn aʊt/
- /bɜːn ˈaʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [burn out]
- /bɜrn aʊt/

Definitions of burn out words

phrasal verb burn out If a fire burns itself out, it stops burning because there is nothing left to burn. 3
phrasal verb burn out If you burn yourself out, you make yourself exhausted or ill by working too hard. 3
verb burn out to become or cause to become worn out or inoperative as a result of heat or friction 3
verb burn out (of a rocket, jet engine, etc) to cease functioning as a result of exhaustion of the fuel supply 3
verb burn out to destroy by fire 3
verb burn out to become or cause to become exhausted through overwork or dissipation 3

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Origin of burn out

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English bernen, brennen, Old English beornan (intransitive), (cognate with Gothic, Old High German brinnan), and Old English bærnan (transitive), (cognate with Gothic brannjan, Old High German brennen)

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Parts of speech for Burn out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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burn out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for burn out

verb burn out

fatigue — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
tire — Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
wear down — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
wear out — the act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear; I've had a lot of wear out of this coat; I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.

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