takeout
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English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
takeout (not comparable)
Synonyms
- takeaway (chiefly Britain, Australia and New Zealand)
- carryout, to go (Scotland and some dialects in the U.S. & Canada)
- takeaways (New Zealand)
- grab and go
Translations
(of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought
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Noun
takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)
- (Canada, US, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.
- (curling) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play.
- (bridge) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.
- (television) A detailed news segment.
- 1994, Penn Kimball, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Downsizing the news: network cutbacks in the nation's capital (page 19)
- Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.
- 1994, Penn Kimball, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Downsizing the news: network cutbacks in the nation's capital (page 19)
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Translations
Food purchased from a takeaway
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A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play