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OUTLET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
Example:
he gave vent to his anger
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("outlet" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An opening that permits escape or release
Example:
the canyon had only one issue
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outlet" is a kind of...):
opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outlet"):
outfall (the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A place of business for retailing goods
Synonyms:
mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outlet" is a kind of...):
business establishment; place of business (an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered)
Meronyms (parts of "outlet"):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outlet"):
country store; general store; trading post (a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise)
department store; emporium (a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain)
discount house; discount store; discounter; wholesale house (a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price)
market; market place; marketplace; mart (an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up)
center; mall; plaza; shopping center; shopping centre; shopping mall (mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace)
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
strip mall (a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street; usually opening on a parking lot)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
Synonyms:
electric outlet; electric receptacle; electrical outlet; outlet; wall plug; wall socket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outlet" is a kind of...):
receptacle (an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outlet"):
point; power point (a wall socket)
Context examples:
Still others are from nerve compression, like carpal tunnel syndrome or thoracic outlet syndrome.
(Peripheral Nerve Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
In August 2014, Eric Rignot, a glaciologist working at the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, led a team in mapping ice cliffs at the front edges of three outlet glaciers in Greenland.
(The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland, NASA)
We knew we had one big problem with increasing rates of ice discharge by some large outlet glaciers, said Michael Bevis, lead author of the paper and a professor of geodynamics at Ohio State University.
(Study: Greenland's Ice Melting Faster than Previously Thought, VOA)
Samples of 32 pairs of children’s socks (from new-borns to aged 48 months) were analysed, having been purchased in three different types of retail outlet, classified according to the price range of their products.
(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)
Denied the outlet, through play, of his energies, he recoiled upon himself and developed his mental processes.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Mrs. Fairfax stayed behind a moment to fasten the trap-door; I, by drift of groping, found the outlet from the attic, and proceeded to descend the narrow garret staircase.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
As was to be expected, given their high bisphenol A content and the presence of parabens, two out of every ten pairs of socks bought at the bargain retailer presented oestrogenic hormonal activity; and one out of every three pairs bought at the same outlet presented anti-androgenic activity in the biological tests conducted.
(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)
So putting my hand in through the open window, I drew the curtain over it, leaving only an opening through which I could take observations; then I closed the casement, all but a chink just wide enough to furnish an outlet to lovers' whispered vows: then I stole back to my chair; and as I resumed it the pair came in.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
