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Out Of Action

Definition: Out Of Action

Out Of Action

Adjective

1. So badly injured as to be unable to continue; "disabled veterans".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Out Of Action

Synonyms: disabled (adj), hors de combat (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Out Of Action

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deterioration

Decayed; Verb: moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved; (vicious); decrepid, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work; (useless).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Out Of Action

English words defined with "out of action": Act in pais, Action on the case, advantage, Attempt to commit a crimeBeat of a watch, Buddlecentrifugate, centrifugedissuasionerrorfault, FromgetIf it were not forlaid lowmistakerewardstricken, strike outWere it not for, Wife's equity. (references)
Specialty definitions using "out of action": Action Ex ContractuBANKING PIN ADJUSTER, bench-lathe operator, body-die makercase assembler, CASE FINISHER, circular-shear operator, crammed pick, current sectionalisation switchdarkroom worker, dead pick, DIE MAKER, STAMPING, doperENGINE-LATHE SET-UP OPERATOR, escapement matcherFederation Against Software Theft, Fleissner processgovernmental unit, GRINDER OPERATOR, TOOLhand developer, holder of powerinstrument-case finisherJoint Test Action GroupLAST-PATTERN GRADER, leather-case finisher, LOOM SETTER, WIRE WEAVINGmachine-tool operator, general, McLuckie gas detector, mule shoeNIBBLER OPERATORphysiological acceleration, pipe factor, precision grinder, PRESS OPERATOR, putting a control out of serviceREAL-ESTATE CLERK, ring-shear operator, ROTARY-SHEAR OPERATORSafeguards, import, set-up-operator, tool, Social PlanningTOOL-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR, TWISTING-MACHINE OPERATORWASHER, MACHINE, washing-machine operator, welder, gas, automatic, WELDING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GAS. (references)

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Expressions: Out Of Action

Expressions using "out of action": be out of action be out of action smb. disabled hors de combat out of action put out of action. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Out Of Action

Language Translations for "out of action"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

jashtë veprimit. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏متعطل (out of commission, out of order), ‏لا يعمل (inoperative). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozbitý (bloody, broken, broken down, bumpy, bust, haywire, smashed), porouchaný (broken), nefungující (out of order). (various references)

   

French

  

hors d'usage (out of service, out of use), en dérangement (out of order). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκτόσ ενέργειασ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

használhatatlan (inefficient, no earthly use, unavailable, unusable, useless). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tak berlaku (invalid). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

outay ofay actionay

   

Russian 

  

в неисправности. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

van akcije (action: out of action). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estropear (bang up, batter, bedevil, blemish, bungle, chew out, chew up, cripple, crumple, damage, disable, distort, emasculate, foul up, get at, gum up, harm, hurt, knock out, lark about, lark around, maim, make a mess of, mangle, Mar, maul, mess up, muff, perish, pervert, put out of action, queer, ruin, spoil, strip, tamper, tear, tinker, wreck), estar imposibilitado (be out of action smb.), estar estropeado (be out of action). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sätta ur funktion (jam, put out of action). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bozuk (addle, bad, broken, broken down, bum, damaged, dead, deranged, dirty, disappointed, dished, disordered, distorted, doric, embroiled, faulty, flyblown, foul, gone, hard set, haywire, heavy, hipshot, imperfect, in bad order, irregular, kaput, knackered, off, on the fritz, out of commission, out of gear, out of order, perverse, putrefacient, putrefactive, putrid, rancid, rotten, stale, touched, unsound, upset, vicious, wrong), çalışmaz halde, çalışmaz (out of service). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Out Of Action

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-n-o-o-o-t-t-u"

-4 letters: auction, caution, faction, outfoot, taction.

-5 letters: action, atonic, cation, confit, cotton, intact, octant, outact, outfit, toucan, tunica.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Out Of Action


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 75 74      4F 66      41 63 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110101 01110100 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01000001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#117 &#116 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#65 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0075 0074      004F 0066      0041 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

498786249722356986758180

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Out Of Action"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, albánský, Albanais, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, arabský, arabština, arabe, αραβικόσ, arab, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Τσέχος, cseh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, francouzský, francouzština, français, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ούγγρος, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar

Indonesian

indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonésien, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjesrpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, švédský, švédština, suédois, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, turecký, tureètina, turque, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, anglicky, anglais, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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