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- [noun out-bak; adjective, adverb out-bak]
- /noun ˈaʊtˌbæk; adjective, adverb ˈaʊtˈbæk/
- /ˈaʊtbæk/
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- [noun out-bak; adjective, adverb out-bak]
- /noun ˈaʊtˌbæk; adjective, adverb ˈaʊtˈbæk/
Definitions of outback word
- noun outback (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the). 1
- adjective outback of, relating to, or located in the back country: outback settlements. 1
- adverb outback in or to the back country: They moved outback many years ago. 1
- noun outback The remote and usually uninhabited inland regions of Australia. 1
- noun outback rural area of inland Australia 1
- singular noun outback The parts of Australia that are far away from towns are referred to as the outback. 0
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Origin of outback
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; out + back2
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Parts of speech for Outback
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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outback popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
outback usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for outback
noun outback
- wilderness — a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- badlands — any deeply eroded barren area
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
Top questions with outback
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