moveout

M3O1V4E1O1U1T1
US/ˈmuvˌaʊt/

noun

The act of moving out of a property.

OriginEnglish out ← Middle English oute ← Old English ūte →
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Meanings

nounmoveout (plural moveouts)

plural moveouts

  1. The act of moving out of a property.

    After a slowdown during the winter, the moveouts resumed in spring 1959; by the summer of 1959, the West End was emptying rapidly.

    1999, Herbert J. Gans, Making Sense of America: Sociological Analyses and Essays, page 8

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
vacation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*moweō
  4. Latinmovēre
  5. Old Northern Frenchmover
  6. Middle Englishmoven
  7. Englishmove
  8. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  9. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  10. Proto-West Germanic*ūt
  11. Old Englishūt
  12. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  13. Proto-Germanic*ūtai
  14. Proto-West Germanic*ūtē
  15. Old Englishūte
  16. Middle Englishoute
  17. Englishout
  18. Englishmoveout

From move + out.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

outmove
Cite this entry
APA

moveout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moveout

MLA

“moveout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moveout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moveout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moveout.

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