Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A passage for escape or exit; a vent.
- noun A means of release or gratification, as for energies, drives, or desires.
- noun A stream that flows out of a lake or pond.
- noun The mouth of a river where it flows into a larger body of water.
- noun The point of intersection of a driveway and a road, especially in a rural area.
- noun A commercial market for goods or services.
- noun A store that sells the goods of a particular manufacturer or wholesaler.
- noun A receptacle, especially one mounted in a wall, that is connected to a power supply and equipped with a socket for a plug.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To let forth; emit.
- noun The place or the opening by which anything is let out, escapes, or is discharged; a passage outward; a means of egress; a place of exit; a vent.
- noun The place or district through which one passes outward; outer part; in the plural, outskirts.
- noun In commerce, a market for the sale of any product.
- noun A lawn or shrubbery adjoining a house, with a walk or passage through it to the highway.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To let out; to emit.
- noun The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vent or similarpassage to allow theescape of something. - noun Something which allows for the
release of one'sdesires . - noun A
river that runs out of alake . - noun A
shop that sells theproducts of a particularmanufacturer orsupplier . - noun A wall-mounted device such as a
socket or receptacle connected to anelectrical system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment or appliances.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
- noun activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- noun a place of business for retailing goods
- noun an opening that permits escape or release
Etymologies
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Examples
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So the circle was closed: Wikipedia states a false fact, a reputable media outlet copies the false fact, and this outlet is then used as the source to prove the false fact to Wikipedia.
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His primary outlet is a Web site called VerumSerum. com, which was co-founded by his friend John Sexton.
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The Plus outlet is not necessarily a supplemental forum, and there is a complex procedure to move programming there.
Jaime Moreno's farewell match with D.C. United next week will not be televised Steve Goff 2010
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"I think gone are the days where one outlet is where everyone gets their news, or one medium is where everybody gets their news," Gibbs added.
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The outlet is irrelevant, except insofar as a publication the president might not be expected to field questions from may be more inclined to regard it as a favor when he does.
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Every major news outlet is owned, operated and controlled by a major corporation, and bought and paid for by corporate advertisements.
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[Fox News, a media outlet] is owned and controlled by liberals.
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A new product, a fire-prevention outlet, is something that should be installed in every home!
Fire Screens that Present the Skylines of London and Rome 2009
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Every legitimate media outlet is reporting that there is insufficient information to determine who initiated the violence on board the ship.
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Which conservative media outlet is interested in getting the truth out there?
Matthew Yglesias » Right-Wing Media’s Human Capital Problem 2009
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