shut out

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shuht out]
- /ʃʌt aʊt/
- /ʃʌt ˈaʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shuht out]
- /ʃʌt aʊt/

Definitions of shut out words

verb with object shut out to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 1
verb with object shut out to close the doors of (often followed by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 1
verb with object shut out to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window! 1
verb with object shut out to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage. 1
verb with object shut out to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle. 1
verb with object shut out to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June. 1

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Origin of shut out

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English s(c)hutten, s(c)hetten, s(c)hitten Old English scyttan “to bolt (a door)”; akin to shoot1

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Parts of speech for Shut out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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shut out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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 shut out

verb shut out

banish — If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
blinding — A blinding light is extremely bright.

adj shut out

bootlegged — made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.

noun shut out

inhospitality — lack of hospitality; inhospitable attitude toward or treatment of visitors, guests, etc.
inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.

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