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outlet n. 1 way out, exit, egress, loophole, relief, escape, escape
hatch, vent, opening, release, safety-valve, discharge: There
seemed to be no outlet for his anger but to throw the cushion at
her. The main outlet of the Great Lakes is the St Lawrence
river. 2 retailer, shop, store, market: The company is having
difficulty finding outlets that will stock its products.
outline n. 1 profile, silhouette, contour, periphery, boundary,
footprint: This outline is of the desk area occupied by the
keyboard and monitor. 2 pr‚cis, synopsis, r‚sum‚, summary,
digest, abstract, conspectus, survey, overview, run-down,
recapitulation, review, (thumbnail) sketch, skeleton, (overall)
plan, layout, framework, draft, scenario: O'Brien presented an
outline of what his company planned to do after the take-over.
--v. 3 trace, draft, sketch, rough out, profile, block (out),
plan (out), lay out, define, delineate: None of the divers was
particularly enthusiastic about the procedure outlined for
bringing up the wreckage.
outlook n. 1 view, position, point of view, viewpoint, prospect,
perspective, slant, angle, standpoint, attitude, opinion: His
outlook on the situation in the Middle East is bound to be
somewhat biased. 2 prospect, forecast, expectation(s): What is
the outlook for the value of the pound sterling over the next
year?
outlying adj. distant, far-off, far-flung, outer, outermost,
out-of-the-way, remote, far-away, peripheral, furthest or
farthest: In those days it took weeks for the news to reach the
outlying parts of the empire.
out-of-the-way
adj. 1 untravelled, unfrequented, isolated, lonely, outlying,
obscure, hidden, secluded, inaccessible: She now lives in some
out-of-the-way village in the Himalayas. 2 unusual, odd,
peculiar, extraordinary, far-fetched, remarkable, outr‚,
exceptional, outlandish, strange, rare, uncommon, exotic,
unheard-of, unconventional, queer, weird, bizarre: His latest
book is a treatise on some out-of-the-way subject.
outpouring