What is another word for run out?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈʌn ˈa͡ʊt] (IPA)

There are several synonyms for the phrase "run out", which means to exhaust or deplete a supply of something. Some common alternatives include "use up", "deplete," "exhaust", "finish", "empty", "consume", "expend", and "deplete". Each of these synonyms can be interchanged with "run out" in the appropriate context to convey the same meaning. For example, "I have run out of milk" could also be rephrased as "I have used up all of my milk". By using synonyms, we can add variety and interest to our language while also conveying meaning effectively.

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What are the hypernyms for Run out?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Run out?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for run out?

Run out is a phrasal verb that means to have no more of something. Antonyms for run out include overflowing, abundant, full, brimming, flush, plenty, copious, and ample. Overflowing suggests a container, room, or space that is filled to or beyond capacity. It has the connotation of excess rather than just enough or sufficient. Abundant refers to something that is greater than necessary or plentiful. Full means something has reached its maximum capacity. Brimming describes a container, space, or situation that is filled to the absolute limit. Flush means something is equipped with an adequate amount of a resource. Plenty stresses the idea of more than enough of something. Copious suggests an abundant amount of something that flows or is generated in abundance, while ample denotes a generous or sufficient amount of something.

What are the antonyms for Run out?

Famous quotes with Run out

  • Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
    W. H. Auden
  • The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.
    J. G. Ballard
  • The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.
    Peter Bart
  • I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
    Victoria Beckham
  • This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs.
    Jello Biafra

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