outlet

«outlet» in Mova's school dictionary: a way for something, such as water or gas, to get out — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an outlet, outlets)

meaning for a pupil

1) An outlet is a way for something, such as water or gas, to get out. tree →

2) In American and Canadian English, an outlet is a wall socket where you plug in electrical things. tree →

3) An outlet is a shop that sells things, often cheaply (a factory outlet). tree →

4) An outlet is a way of letting out feelings or energy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, a river's outlet is where water leaves a lake. In electrical safety: never poke anything into an outlet (socket) and keep water away from it. In health, sport or art can be an outlet for anger or stress. Phrases: "power outlet", "outlet store", "an outlet for…".

examples

• Plug the lamp into the outlet. tree →
• Never put your fingers in an electrical outlet. tree →
• The lake's outlet is a small stream. tree →
• Football is a good outlet for his energy. tree →
• We bought cheap shoes at the outlet store. tree →
• Drawing is an outlet for my feelings. tree →

note

Countable. British English usually says "socket" or "plug socket"; American English says "outlet". News "outlets" are newspapers or TV channels.

In the corpora

• Keep hair, fingers and toys away from pool drains and outlets, because strong suction can hold you under.
• Anger needs a safe outlet, like running hard, a pillow or talking.
• To check a clip, find the full event on an official channel or a news outlet and watch a minute before and after.
• A screenshot of a headline is easy to change; the real article on the outlet's own website is what counts.
• Ways to break a bubble include reading different outlets, news from another country, and the other side's best argument.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «outlet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.