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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOCK OUT

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lock 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 lock out in English.

WHAT DOES LOCK OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lockout (industry)

A lockout is a temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute. This is different from a strike, in which employees refuse to work. It is usually implemented by simply refusing to admit employees onto company premises, and may include actions such as changing locks and hiring security guards for the premises. Other implementations include a fine for showing up, or a simple refusal of clocking-in on the time clock. It is therefore referred to as the antithesis of strike.

Definition of lock out in the English dictionary

The first definition of lock out in the dictionary is to prevent from entering by locking a door. Other definition of lock out is to prevent from working during an industrial dispute, as by closing a factory. Lock out is also the closing of a place of employment by an employer, in order to bring pressure on employees to agree to terms.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LOCK OUT

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you lock out
we let´s lock out
you lock out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to lock out
Past participle
locked out
Present Participle
locking 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 LOCK OUT

lock
lock forward
lock gate
lock horns
lock keeper
lock on to
lock stitch
lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
lock up
lock-in
lock-up
lock, stock, and barrel
lockable
lockage
lockbox
lockdown
Locke
locked
locked in
locked-in syndrome

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOCK OUT

back out
block out
book out
break out
chalk out
check out
chuck out
find out
fork out
freak out
kick 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 lock out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lock out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOCK OUT

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

Translator English - Chinese

关在外面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dejar fuera
570 millions of speakers

English

lock out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर ताला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَحْرِّمُ شَخْصَاً مِنَ الدّخُوْلِ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запереть дверь и не впускать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trancar do lado de fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লক আউট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enfermer dehors
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengunci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aussperren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

締め出す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

(사람을) 쫓아내다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngunci
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khóa cửa không cho vào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளியே பூட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉक आऊट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kilitlenmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiudere fuori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zamknąć drzwi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

замкнути двері й не впускати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a încuia afară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλείνω έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitsluit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

låsa ute
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

låse ute
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lock out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOCK OUT»

The term «lock out» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOCK OUT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOCK OUT»

Discover the use of lock out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lock out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Power of Strategic Thinking: Lock In Markets, Lock Out ...
As the CEOs of leading companies explain in this singular book of proved corporate strategy-making, Michel Robert's Strategic Thinking turned their companies around.
Michel Robert, 1999
2
LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAWS
Distinction between Lay-ofl and Lock-out The concept of lay-off and lock-out is quite different. The Supreme Court in Management of Kairbetta Estate v. Rajamanickam57 tried to distinguish these two concepts as the question raised before the ...
P. K. PADHI, 2011
3
Textbook on Labour & Industrial Law
itself finally and irrevocably.1 A lock-out, on the other hand, indicates the temporary closure of the place of business and not closure of the business itself. In short, closure means end of business for all time to come, whereas lock-out, is a ...
Dr. H.K. Saharay
4
Account of the lock-out of engineers, &c., 1851-2
In the first week after the lock-out, the. Amalgamated Society issued an appeal to their own trade and the public, on behalf of the non-society men and labourers who had been turned out. This document is full of confidence ; a quotation from it  ...
Thomas Hughes, 1860
5
Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries: Hazard ...
Two methods of isolating electrical equipment are to withdraw the fuses and to lock-out the breaker. There is evidently some difference of view on the merits of the two methods. Some references describe systems based primarily on breaker  ...
Sam Mannan, 2004
6
Industrial Law 2 Vols. Set
In a tussle between employees and an employer whereas 'strike' is the weapon of the employees, 'lock-out' is the corresponding weapon in the armoury of the employer. If the employer shuts down his place of business as a means of reprisal ...
Arun Kumar, 2003
7
Digital Logic Circuits
To ensure that the lock out does not occur, the counter should be designed by forcing the next state to be the initial state from the unused states as shown in Fig. 6.33. For example, as shown in Fig. 6.33, actually it is not necessary to force all ...
A.P.Godse, D.A.Godse, 2009
8
FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL CIRCUITS
What is problem of lock-out? A. Sometimes when the counter is switched on, or any time during counting, because of noise spikes the counter may find itself in some unused (invalid) state. Subsequent clock pulses may cause the counter to ...
A. ANAND KUMAR, 2009
9
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Lay-off, Strike, Lock-out, Retrenchment, and Closure are found to be the potential sources of industrial dispute. As the purpose of the Industrial Disputes Act is to promote harmonious labour-management relationship leading to uninterrupted ...
BISWAJEET PATTANAYAK, 2005
10
Labour Law in France
Lock-out 904. As for the lock-out, it is the temporary closure of the enterprise by the employer, when he wants to counter a strike. This sort of retaliatory action is prohibited by French labour law. In other terms, there is no right to lock-out in ...
Michel Despax, Jacques Rojot, Jean-Pierre Laborde, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOCK OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lock out is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Weekend break-ins at Milan Road shops | Sandusky Register
Someone had pried the lock out of the business's door, ransacked the office and made off with $400 in cash, an Erie County deputy's report ... «Sandusky Register, Jul 15»
2
Pregnant Kim Kardashian puts on VERY busty display in... - Daily Mail
And in spite of her tiring, transatlantic journey, the Vogue cover girl had perfect make-up and not a raven lock out of place. Hot mama! «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Pregnant Kim Kardashian shows off plenty of cleavage and growing …
And in spite of her tiring, transatlantic journey, the Vogue cover girl had perfect make-up and not a raven lock out of place. Hot mama! «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Smartwatch vulnerability to attacks stand at 100 percent: HP study …
Every smartwatch tested was paired with a mobile interface that lacked two-factor authentication and the ability to lock out accounts after 3-5 ... «Tech2, Jul 15»
5
Kuria loses bid to gag media in hate speech suit - Mediamax
Kuria's lawyer Danson Mungatana applied to lock out the media last week, saying his client was being “tried and convicted by the press”. «K24 TV, Jul 15»
6
Leaders want MPs barred from ODM party elections - The Standard
He also warned party supporters to be vigilant and lock out moles from other party. "We expect that this being an internal affair, we will not have ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
7
Buy a smart motor insurance cover, buy peace of mind - Moneycontrol
There are policies that even offer road repair and flat tyre service, towing your car to the nearest garage, lock out or lost key assistance, ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
8
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven Review | GamingUnion.net
This system is intended to draw people to replay the game multiple times as you lock out increasing your affinity towards the other sisters past a ... «Gaming Union, Jul 15»
9
Chilton And Jones Take From Row Lock Out In Iowa :: PaddockTalk …
The Carlin pair surprised many in the paddock by taking a front row lock out on an oval circuit which has proved to be one of the biggest ... «PaddockTalk, Jul 15»
10
Qantas reaches settlement over tell-all book with Alan Joyce's …
She penned the speech Mr Joyce delivered in late 2011 when he announced that he would ground Qantas' fleet and lock out staff to break a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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