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PRONUNCIATION OF FORK OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORK OUT

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Fork out is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fork out in English.

WHAT DOES FORK OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fork out in the English dictionary

The definition of fork out in the dictionary is to pay, esp with reluctance.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORK OUT

PRESENT

Present
I fork out
you fork out
he/she/it forks out
we fork out
you fork out
they fork out
Present continuous
I am forking out
you are forking out
he/she/it is forking out
we are forking out
you are forking out
they are forking out
Present perfect
I have forked out
you have forked out
he/she/it has forked out
we have forked out
you have forked out
they have forked out
Present perfect continuous
I have been forking out
you have been forking out
he/she/it has been forking out
we have been forking out
you have been forking out
they have been forking out
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I forked out
you forked out
he/she/it forked out
we forked out
you forked out
they forked out
Past continuous
I was forking out
you were forking out
he/she/it was forking out
we were forking out
you were forking out
they were forking out
Past perfect
I had forked out
you had forked out
he/she/it had forked out
we had forked out
you had forked out
they had forked out
Past perfect continuous
I had been forking out
you had been forking out
he/she/it had been forking out
we had been forking out
you had been forking out
they had been forking out
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fork out
you will fork out
he/she/it will fork out
we will fork out
you will fork out
they will fork out
Future continuous
I will be forking out
you will be forking out
he/she/it will be forking out
we will be forking out
you will be forking out
they will be forking out
Future perfect
I will have forked out
you will have forked out
he/she/it will have forked out
we will have forked out
you will have forked out
they will have forked out
Future perfect continuous
I will have been forking out
you will have been forking out
he/she/it will have been forking out
we will have been forking out
you will have been forking out
they will have been forking out
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fork out
you would fork out
he/she/it would fork out
we would fork out
you would fork out
they would fork out
Conditional continuous
I would be forking out
you would be forking out
he/she/it would be forking out
we would be forking out
you would be forking out
they would be forking out
Conditional perfect
I would have fork out
you would have fork out
he/she/it would have fork out
we would have fork out
you would have fork out
they would have fork out
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been forking out
you would have been forking out
he/she/it would have been forking out
we would have been forking out
you would have been forking out
they would have been forking out
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fork out
we let´s fork out
you fork out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fork out
Past participle
forked out
Present Participle
forking out
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORK OUT

forisfamiliate
forjaskit
forjudge
forjudgment
fork
fork-lift truck
forkball
forked
forked lightning
forkedly
forkedness
forker
forkful
forkhead
forkiness
forkless
forklift
forklike
forktail
forky

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORK OUT

back out
block out
book out
break out
chalk out
check out
chuck out
find out
freak out
kick out
lock out
luck out
pick out
seek out
speak out
stick out
talk out
think out
trick out
walk out
work out

Synonyms and antonyms of fork out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORK OUT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fork out» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fork out

Translation of «fork out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORK OUT

Find out the translation of fork out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fork out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fork out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

掏钱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tenedor
570 millions of speakers

English

fork out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर कांटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفترق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раскошелиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desembolsar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঁটাচামচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

casquer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan keluar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

berappen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

支払う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밖으로 포크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garpu metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rẻ ra làm nhiều ngả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதை வலுவாக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाटा आउट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çatal atmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sborsare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wybulić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розщедритися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plăti
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιρούνι έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opdok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

punga ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

punge ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fork out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORK OUT»

The term «fork out» is regularly used and occupies the 80.188 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of fork out
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORK OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fork out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fork out» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fork out

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORK OUT»

Discover the use of fork out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fork out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Corpora for University Language Teachers
Reading a concordance - The example of the verb 'fork out' Let us consider now as an example a verb that is quite frequent in the field of economics. This is fork out which is associated with the meaning of 'paying'. What we should consider is  ...
Carol Taylor Torsello, Katherine Ackerley, Erik Castello, 2008
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Complete Mountain Biking Manual
... suspension fork involves little more than wiping the stanchions - the bits that slide in and out - clean after every ride, and checking 1 Drop the wheel out and knock the fork out of the frame to service it properly. for excess oil while you are at it.
Tim Brink, 2007
3
White River National Forest
After passing Nichols Creek and Doe Creek, the trail turns east continuing to follow the South Fork out of the canyon onto the Flat Tops plateau, ending at the Trappers Lake Trail near Shingle Peak. USE: Heavy. ACTIVITIES: HIKING, HORSES ...
Outdoor Books & Maps (Firm), 1996
4
Lexis in Contrast: Corpus-based Approaches
If we consider the right co-text of fork out we find a strong collocation with words such as Pounds, Dollars followed by numerals (the quotations are unchanged from the electronic form of the text, and words denoting currencies are clearly a way ...
Bengt Altenberg, Sylviane Granger, 2002
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Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
... fork is ful- crumed, mechanism actuated by or through non-tilting of the fork to automatically provide the shuttle with a fresh supply of filling on the same pick as that on which non- continuity of filling is detected, and means to tilt the fork out of  ...
United States. Patent Office, 1907
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Fla to Hyps
(venery). — To open up, or SPREAD (q.v.). to fork out, or over (sometimes abbreviated to FORK). Verb, phr. (common). — To hand over; to pay 5 to shell out (q.v.). 1830. Lvtton, Paul Clifford, ch. xxxi. The person forks him out ten shiners. 1338.
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1893
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The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary ...
IT (1) To fork out : To hand or deliver over. *'If I am willing to fork out a Bum of money."— -O. Eliot: Daniel Deronda, en. xxviii. (2) Forks and knives: Botany: Lycopodium clavatum. (Britten <t Holland.) forked, *forlc-et, a. [Eng. fork; -ed.] I. Ordinary ...
‎1904
8
Hume's Fork
I sat smiling like an other-forehead-turning Jesus, realizing I had finally taken all she could fork out, and had lived. I remembered having the same feeling once before. A hurricane hit Charleston when I was an undergraduate. I didn't answer  ...
Ron Cooper, 2007
9
The American encyclopædic dictionary
(1) To fork out: To hand or deliver over. "If I am willing to fork out a sum of money." — 0. Eliot: Daniel Deronda, ch. xxviii. (2) Forks and knives: Botany: Lycopodium clavatwn. (Britten d> Holland.) forked, *fork-et, a. [Eng. fork; -ed.] I. Ordinary ...
S. J. Herrtage, John A. Williams, Robert Hunter, 1897
10
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... fork is fulcrumed, mechanism actuated by or through non-tilting of the fork to automatically provide the shuttle with a fresh supply of filling on the same pick as that on which noncontinuity of filling is detected, and means to tilt the fork out of the ...
‎1907

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORK OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fork out is used in the context of the following news items.
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AirNZ flight to Bali turned back as volcanic disruption continues
Other travellers have had to fork out for expensive business or first-class tickets. "We've heard stories of others paying $17,000 to fly business class to Singapore ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
2
Move over Taylor Swift – indie perfumers ride high as public tires of …
“Lots of people buy travel amounts of something and it's easier now to get discovery sets, so you don't have to fork out a huge amount,” added ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Mindy Hammond on the hardships of booking a holiday in south of …
... a few kilometres away, but the traffic will be a nightmare then you'll have to pay to have a paddle and fork out even more for somewhere to sit ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Rinehart's sense of 'entitlement' rubs us all the wrong way
She takes a group of people out for dinner and everyone has to fork out for their T-bone steak. I'd say to her, 'Just shout everyone, it will ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Ageing in place: Too much red tape for family, Letters in Print News …
Then they would have to fork out money to hire a private ambulance to get my grandmother-in-law to and from a hospital to get her certified by a ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
6
Financial Advisor IQ - Big Brokerages to Fork Out for Mutual-Fund …
Finra has ordered Wells Fargo, Raymond James Financial and LPL Financial to pay back more than $30 million to retirement and charity ... «Financial Advisor IQ, Jul 15»
7
North Wales Police fork out £3.2m in overtime payments in just one …
North Wales Police officers have racked up more than £3m in overtime payments in just one year. Figures obtained by the Daily Post via a ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
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Budget 2015: Private equity managers to fork out £1.8bn more in tax …
Private equity managers hoping to cut their tax bills under the "carried interest" system will face much tougher tests, in a move that means they ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
How much will you fork out to send the kids to school this year?
The average cost of sending a child to a non-fee paying primary school in the coming school year will top €800, while the cost of a “free” ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Fury as British taxpayers fork out £7.4 MILLION to fund sheep …
TAXPAYERS have forked out a staggering £7.4million to help fund a sheep farming project…in URUGUAY. By Nick Gutteridge. PUBLISHED: ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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