Outright vs Our - What's the difference?
outright | our |
Wholly, completely and entirely.
Openly and without reservation.
At once.
With no outstanding conditions.
(informal) Blatantly; inexcusably.
Unqualified and unreserved.
Total or complete.
Having no outstanding conditions.
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(sports) To release a player , without conditions.
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, passage=Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday. }}
Belonging to us.
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(Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
As an adverb outright
is wholly, completely and entirely.As an adjective outright
is unqualified and unreserved.As a verb outright
is (sports) to release a player , without conditions.As a determiner our is
belonging to us.outright
English
Adverb
(-)- I refute those allegations outright .
- I have just responded outright to that question.
- Two people died outright and one more later.
- I have bought the house outright .
- That was an outright stupid thing to say.
Synonyms
* See alsoAdjective
(-)- I demand an outright apology.
- We achieved outright domination.
- Truths, half truths and outright lies.
- With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.
- He found a pattern of non-transparency and outright deception.
Outright transactions
- According to the general rules for Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, the outright' purchase and sale of securities on the market (' outright transactions) are among the standard open market operations used within the Eurosystem’s monetary policy framework.
- I made an outright purchase of the house.
- They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
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our
English
(wikipedia our)Determiner
- Paying no attention to Lizzy, Mrs. Gibson began calling out our names in alphabetical order.
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- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.