different between dispossession vs outer

English

Etymology

dis- +? possession

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sp??z??n?/

Noun

dispossession (countable and uncountable, plural dispossessions)

1. The act of dispossessing someone of something.
2. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 462:

     There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?/, [?a???]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?(?)
• Homophone: outta (in some accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ?tre, ?tera, ?terra (“outer”), equivalent to out +? -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”).

Adjective

outer (comparative (rare) outermore, superlative outermost)

1. Outside; external.
2. Farther from the centre of the inside.

Antonyms

• inner

Translations

Noun

outer (plural outers)

1. An outer part.
2. (sports) An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
3. (military, firearms) The 4th circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
4. A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
5. (retail) The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.

   We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.

Translations

Derived terms

• outer space
• outerness

Etymology 2

out (verb) +? -er (“agent suffix”)

Noun

outer (plural outers)

1. Someone who admits to something publicly.
2. Someone who outs another.
   • 2002, Simon Gage, Lisa Richards, Howard Wilmot, Queer: The Ultimate User's Guide (page 88)

     From the early 90s, these were some of the fiercest debates raging in the gay press and in gay and straight bars worldwide as blabbermouths blabbed, sometimes just for the sheer hell of it, and gay celebrities ran for cover or bit the bullet and pipped the outers to the post.

3. One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
4. An ouster; dispossession.
5. (Britain, politics) One who supports leaving the European Union.

Synonyms

• (One who supports leaving the EU): Brexiter
• (One who outs others): See Thesaurus:informant

Antonyms

• (One who supports leaving the EU): inner

Anagrams

• Toure, outre, outré, rouet, route, utero-

German

Adjective

outer

1. inflection of out:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural