outtake

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US/ˈaʊtˌteɪk/

noun

A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.

“The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.”

Similar
barringexcept forsavesave for
OriginMiddle English outtaken →
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Meanings

outtake1

nounouttake (plural outtakes)

plural outtakes

  1. A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.

    The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.

  2. A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
  3. An opening for outward discharge; a vent.

    The boiler is "sectional" and of the water tube type, in which the steam and water drums are arranged transversely to the flow of gases from the furnace to the outtake to chimney.

    1895, Electrical Engineer, volume 19, page 449
verbouttake (third-person singular simple present outtakes, present participle outtaking, simple past outtook, past participle outtaken)

present singular third person outtakes · participle present outtaking · past outtook · participle past outtaken

  1. transitiveTo take out, remove.
  2. obsoleteTo except.
    1 more example

    it happed the kynge and launcelot stode in a wyndowe / and sawe syre Tristram ryde and Isoud / Syre sayd Launcelot yonder rydeth the fayrest lady of the world excepte youre quene Dame Gueneuer / who is that said sir Arthur / Sir sayd he / it is quene Isoud that oute taken my lady your quene she is makeles

    1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X

outtake2

preposition
  1. archaicexcept; besides.

    this is for everyone outtake my wife

    Synonyms: barring, except for, save, save for

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionexcept; besides.

Similar
barringexcept forsavesave for
Also see
exceptexceptingsave for

Origin

outtake · noun, verb

  1. Middle Englishouttaken“to take out”
  2. Englishouttake

From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.

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outtake · preposition

  1. Middle Englishouttake
  2. Englishouttake

From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”).

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Translations

Finnish pois jätetty otos, pois jätetty kohta
  • pois jätetty otosportion of a recording not included in the final version
  • pois jätetty kohtaportion of a recording not included in the final version
  • hylätty versioversion dropped in favour of another version
French scène coupée, bêtisier
  • scène coupéeportion of a recording not included in the final version
  • bêtisierportion of a recording not included in the final version
German Outtake, Nichtkopierer
  • Outtakeportion of a recording not included in the final version
  • Nichtkopiererportion of a recording not included in the final version
  • herausgeschnittenes Filmmaterialportion of a recording not included in the final version
Spanish quitar, sacar
  • quitarto take out, remove
  • sacarto take out, remove

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

takeout
Cite this entry
APA

outtake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outtake

MLA

“outtake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outtake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outtake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outtake.

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