Meanings
plural outlets
- Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
1 more example
Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)
1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems - A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
- A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices.
I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishoutleten“to allow, let out, emit”
- Middle Englishoutlete
- Englishoutlet
From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- + let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐκβολή
- ἐκβολή (ekbolḗ)vent
Bulgarian отдушник, отдушник
- отдушник (otdušnik)vent
- отдушник (otdušnik)release of desires
- промоционален магазин (promocionalen magazin)shop
Catalan sortida, desguàs
- sortidavent
- desguàsriver
- punt de vendashop
Chinese Mandarin 出口, 折扣中心
- 出口 (chūkǒu)vent
- 折扣中心 (zhékòuzhōngxīn)shop
- 暢貨中心 /畅货中心 (chànghuòzhōngxīn)shop
Danish afløb, udløb
- afløbvent
- udløbvent
- afløbrelease of desires
Dutch uitlaat
- uitlaatvent
Finnish luukku, aukko
- luukkuvent
- aukkovent
- helpotusrelease of desires
- laskujokiriver
- liikeshop
French conduit, exutoire
- conduitvent
- exutoirerelease of desires
- issuerelease of desires
- exutoireriver
- dérivatifriver
- magasin d’usineshop
- franchiseshop
German Ausgang, Auslass
- Ausgangvent
- Auslassvent
- Direktverkaufshop
- Werksverkaufshop
- Direktvermarktershop
Japanese 出口, 捌け口
- 出口 (deguchi)vent
- 捌け口 (hakeguchi)release of desires
- 流出河川 (ryūshutsu-kasen)river
- 直販店 (chokuhanten)shop
- アウトレット (autoretto)shop
Korean 출구
- 출구 (chulgu)vent
Latin ēmissārium
- ēmissāriumvent
Māori putanga, kōtore
- putangavent
- kōtoreriver
- pūahatangariver
- tāwahariver
Polish wyjście, ulga
- wyjścievent
- ulgarelease of desires
- odpływriver
- wyprzedażshop
- zbytshop
- outletshop
Portuguese ventilação, outlet
- ventilaçãovent
- outletshop
Russian вы́ход, отду́шина
- вы́ход (výxod)vent
- отду́шина (otdúšina)vent
- вы́ход (výxod)release of desires
- отду́шина (otdúšina)release of desires
- сток (stok)river
- торго́вая то́чка (torgóvaja tóčka)shop
- магази́н (magazín)shop
- а́утлет (áutlet)shop
Spanish salida, escape
- salidavent
- escapevent
- desahogorelease of desires
- río que nace en un lagoriver
- desembocadurariver
- minorista de marcashop
- sucursalshop
- punto de ventashop
- outletshop
Tamil வடிகால்
- வடிகால் (vaṭikāl)river
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Cite this entry
outlet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlet
“outlet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outlet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlet.
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