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Meaning of "hold out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOLD OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLD OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hold out is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hold out in English.

WHAT DOES HOLD OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hold out in the English dictionary

The first definition of hold out in the dictionary is to offer or present. Other definition of hold out is to last or endure. Hold out is also to continue to resist or stand firm, as a city under siege or a person refusing to succumb to persuasion.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOLD OUT

PRESENT

Present
I hold out
you hold out
he/she/it holds out
we hold out
you hold out
they hold out
Present continuous
I am holding out
you are holding out
he/she/it is holding out
we are holding out
you are holding out
they are holding out
Present perfect
I have held out
you have held out
he/she/it has held out
we have held out
you have held out
they have held out
Present perfect continuous
I have been holding out
you have been holding out
he/she/it has been holding out
we have been holding out
you have been holding out
they have been holding 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 held out
you held out
he/she/it held out
we held out
you held out
they held out
Past continuous
I was holding out
you were holding out
he/she/it was holding out
we were holding out
you were holding out
they were holding out
Past perfect
I had held out
you had held out
he/she/it had held out
we had held out
you had held out
they had held out
Past perfect continuous
I had been holding out
you had been holding out
he/she/it had been holding out
we had been holding out
you had been holding out
they had been holding out
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hold out
we let´s hold out
you hold out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hold out
Past participle
held out
Present Participle
holding 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 HOLD OUT

hold off
hold on
hold on like grim death
hold one´s breath
hold one´s hand
hold one´s head high
hold one´s horses
hold one´s own
hold one´s peace
hold one´s tongue
hold out for
hold out on
hold over
hold someone´s hand
hold sway
hold the field
hold the fort
hold the line
hold to ransom
hold together

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLD OUT

check out
chilled out
crowded out
dried out
find out
flooded out
greyed out
packed out
read out
round out
sold out
sound out
spaced out
spread out
stand out
stressed out
tuckered out
turned out
washed out
weed out
well turned out

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

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOLD OUT»

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

Translation of «hold out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOLD OUT

Find out the translation of hold out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hold 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 «hold out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

持币观望
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

resistir
570 millions of speakers

English

hold out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पकड़ से बाहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصمود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

продержаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aguentar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আউট রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tenir le coup
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aushalten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

差し出す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버틸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Terus metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phô bày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளியே பிடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थोडे थांवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tutun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

resistere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzymać się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

протриматися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rezista
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρατήστε έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uit te hou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hålla ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

holde ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hold out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLD OUT»

The term «hold out» is very widely used and occupies the 21.700 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLD OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hold out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hold 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 hold out

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10 QUOTES WITH «HOLD OUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hold out.
1
Charles Babbage
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
2
William Henry Bragg
In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into any sort of combination with each other: occasionally, atom must meet atom and, so to speak, each hold out vain hands to the other, but the pace is too great and, in a moment, they are far away from each other again.
3
Lizzy Caplan
I'm choosy to a fault. You want to hold out for a project that means something. You're the one who's there working fifteen hours a day, and if you don't believe in it, it can feel a whole lot longer.
4
Desmond Dekker
Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.
5
Phil Foglio
If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct.
6
W. Averell Harriman
We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender.
7
Anne Hathaway
You can alter movie singing so much because you go into the recording studio and, just technology for recording has gotten so good, you can hold out a note and they can combine a note from take 2 and a note from take 8.
8
Paul von Hindenburg
In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.
9
Louise Jameson
It definitely puts a strain on family life - I miss them like mad. Being a working mother I've been juggling house and career from day one. I want to hold out for telly for the second half of the year.
10
Jon Bon Jovi
The Rolling Stones set the bar to where I look to as a band. But I don't envision myself touring in the way they do. My knees won't hold out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLD OUT»

Discover the use of hold out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hold out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Hand to Hold
They have almost nothing in common, but Ruth and Zach are about to realize how much they need each other. And that God offers plenty of second chances in life if you're willing to open your eyes and hold out your hand.
Kathleen Fuller, 2010
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Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
hold out something OFFER AS POSSIBILITY to offer or consider something as a possibility o Few people hold out any hope of finding more survivors. • hold out CONTINUE 1 to continue in a situation that is dangerous or difficult o They won't ...
Cambridge University Press, 2008
3
The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
Infinitive 1 . hold . . . out p.v. When you hold out your hand, you extend it in front of your body so that someone can shake hands with you or put something in your hand. Hold out is similar to put out. Maybe Mr. Young is mad at me. I held out my  ...
Carl W. Hart, 2009
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The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
Swift. Ta held on. To proceed. He held on, however, 'till he was upon the very point of breaking. VEstrange. To hold out. To last ; to endure. Before those dews that form manna come upon trees in the valleys, they dissipate, and cannot hold out.
Thomas Curtis, 1829
5
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
3 vi to be enough to last: Will our supplies hold out till the end of the month ? 4 vt sep to offer : The doctor said he could hold out little hope for the patient. 5 vi (with for) to continue to demand or fight for (something) : The management offered ...
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Chambers Dictionary Of Phrasal Verbs
The telephonist asked the caller to hold on while she connected him with the manager's office. hold out 1 vi to continue to survive or resist difficulties, dangers etc until help etc arrives: The rescue team hoped the people in the boat could hold ...
7
An English and Danish Dictionary ...
1; That place can't hold out, is it be besicg'd, det sten' kand i/vle Lo/dc ud m [M/ cjring. l held out against them all, ieg boldt ud imod det/t al/e._ I To hold out a long sicge, at a! udstaae en [zing deltjring. a I To make the war hold out, atforlcngr ...
Andreas Berthelson, 1754
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Genetic Programming: 12th European Conference, EuroGP 2009 ...
Hold-Out. or. Cross-Validation. Whenonetries tolearn arelation between x and y, the “true” cost function (typically the mean squared error ofagiven approximate relation, which isan expectation under some usually unknown lawofprobability) ...
Leonardo Vanneschi, Steven Gustafson, Alberto Moraglio, 2009
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Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete ...
27. To HOLDforIh. To protenrl; to put forward to view (Chcyne). '28. To HOLD in. To restrain (Swift). 29. To HOLD 0 . To keep atadistance (Sholrspeare). 30. ' o HOLD on. To continue; to protract; to push forward (Sanderson). 31. To HOLD out .
‎1813
10
SAS/ETS 12.1 User's Guide:
One important application of model fitting where the period of fit is different from the period of evaluation is the use of hold-out samples. With this technique of model evaluation, the period of fit ends at a time point before the end of the data ...
SAS Institute, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLD OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hold out is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas should hold out if they don't get …
Update: Bryant has reportedly agreed to a five-year deal worth $70 million, $45 million guaranteed, and Thomas has reportedly agreed to a ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
2
Justin Houston was likely to hold out if long-term deal fell through …
Justin Houston was likely to hold out if he hadn't received long-term deal. 10h. 0 Shares. Email. Comment. Play. 1:52. Houston deal a wise ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
3
NFL Rumors: Cowboys don't believe Dez Bryant will hold out
We're coming to the home stretch here for the Dallas Cowboys and wide receiver Dez Bryant to come to a long-term agreement. As we know ... «FanSided, Jul 15»
4
Rider fans hold out hope for a win
Rider fans hold out hope for a win. Roughriders host B.C. Friday night looking for first win of the season. Reported by Andrew Shepherd. «650 CKOM News Talk Radio, Jul 15»
5
Seattle Seahawks: Why Michael Bennett Should Hold Out
Michael Bennett should absolutely hold out if the Seattle Seahawks refuse to pay him. It shouldn't even be a question for the NFC West club. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
6
Dez Bryant threatens hold out
Dez Bryant threatens hold out. Jason La Canfora and Damon Amendolara discuss Dez Bryant saying he'll sit out regular season games if he doesn't get a long ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
7
Brisbane Broncos hold out to claim NRL win over Canterbury Bulldogs
Brisbane Broncos hold out to claim NRL win over Canterbury Bulldogs. DAVID SYGALL. Last updated 00:00, July 12 2015. Adam Blair of the Broncos celebrates ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
Transfer news and rumours - Liverpool hold out for £50m Raheem …
Brendan Rodgers will not be rushed into selling Sterling to Manchester City despite the player's unhappiness at the club. ballball brings you all ... «BallBall, Jul 15»
9
Raiders hold out fast-finishing Knights
The Canberra Raiders have dominated the Newcastle Knights to score a 36-22 victory on a freezing cold night in the nation's capital. «NRL.COM, Jul 15»
10
Greeks hold out hope for deal
Athens - Greeks awoke on Friday hoping their government would finally seal a cash-for-reforms deal with its international creditors after Prime ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»

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