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" Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout."
Dwyane Wade

Meaning of "lockout" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LOCKOUT

ˈlɒkaʊt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOCKOUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lockout is 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.

WHAT DOES LOCKOUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lockout in the English dictionary

The definition of lockout in the dictionary is the closing of a place of employment by an employer so as to bring pressure on employees to agree to terms.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOCKOUT

about · backout · blackout · bout · checkout · doubt · layout · logout · out · puckout · scout · shout · stakeout · superscout · takeout · throughout · tout · walkout · without · workout

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOCKOUT

locker-room · Lockerbie · locket · lockfast · lockful · lockhouse · locking · lockjaw · lockmaker · lockman · locknut · lockram · locks · lockset · locksmith · locksmithery · locksmithing · lockstep · lockstitch · lockup

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOCKOUT

breakout · check out · conkout · cookout · eat out · find out · freakout · knockout · log out · lookout · news blackout · on the way out · out and about · out-and-out · sign out · speakout · stickout · surtout · talk about · technical knockout

Synonyms and antonyms of lockout in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lockout» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LOCKOUT

Find out the translation of lockout to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lockout from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lockout» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

锁定
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

bloqueo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lockout
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

तालाबंदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأمين
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

блокировки
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

lockout
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বহিষ্কার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

fermeture
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Penguncian
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Aussperrung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ロックアウト
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

잠금
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ngunci
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự liên kết
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கதவடைப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लॉकआउट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

lokavt
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

serrata
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

lockout
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

блокування
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

blocare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lockout
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitsluiting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lockout
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lockout
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lockout

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOCKOUT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of lockout
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lockout

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «LOCKOUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lockout.
1
Brandon Jennings
During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.
2
Dwyane Wade
Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOCKOUT»

Discover the use of lockout in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lockout and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lockout
Dreaming of adopting a baby, Lt. Norah Mulcahney of Manhattan's Fourth Homicide Division is drawn into the murder investigation of a famous pop music star and faces a professional crisis. Reprint.
Lillian O'Donnell, 1995
2
Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong when ...
Explores the current conflict within the United States about immigration policies, discussing the idea that immigrants must relinquish their native culture to fully assimilate into society and how this directly contradicts America's history ...
Michele Wucker, 2006
3
The Educational Lockout of African Americans in Prince ...
Their efforts led to the case Davis v. the County School Board of Prince Edward County, which was one of the cases that were consolidated with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The book offers the reader two exciting sections.
Terence Hicks, Abul Pitre, 2010
4
The 1926 Miners' Lockout: Meanings of Community in the ...
Investigating issues of collective identity and action, Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durham's miners and their families, illuminating wider debates about solidarity and fragmentation within working ...
Hester Barron, 2010
5
After the Lockout
An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history.
Darran McCann, 2012
6
Industrial Politics and the 1926 Mining Lockout: The ...
"This volume of essays by experts in history, industrial relations, sociology, and political science reexamines the evidence of the 10-month national mining lockout of 1926a key moment in British social history that colored the national ...
John McIlroy, Alan Campbell, Keith Gildart, 2004
7
Lockout: The Alpha Group Trilogy #2
The Alpha Group Trilogy #2 Maya Cross. ~ > _7> NEW YURI! TIMES . BESTSELLING SERIES BOOK TWO OF THE ALPHA GROUP Loom? MAYACROSS Lockout The Alpha Group Trilogy #2 By Maya Cross. Front Cover.
Maya Cross
8
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, ...
A typical lockout standard requires that "if the unexpected movement of equipment or release of energy could cause injury to an employee then that equipment should be locked out". Lockout is not limited to electrical energy, and not all energy ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
9
The Great Lockout in America's Citizenship Plants
William Albert Wirt. A Plan That Works For thirty years Gary has been solving the leisure-time problem of its children by lengthening the time that they are in her schools. And at the same time Gary has given more than the usual encouragement ...
William Albert Wirt, 1937
10
Management of Hazardous Energy: Deactivation, ...
Surrogate Lockout (Lockout Performed by Others) Asking another worker to perform a lockout is tantamount to giving away the psychological control conferred by the lockout paradigm. The individual applying the lock asserts control. Failing to ...
Thomas Neil McManus, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOCKOUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lockout is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is the NBA Heading Toward a 2017 Lockout?
Which begs the question of whether the league is hurdling toward another lockout in 2017, as the current collective bargaining agreement is set ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
AT Films Inc. in Strike and Lockout - Talks Continue
In response to the union's strike notice, the Company issued a lockout notice effective at the same time and place. Unifor went on strike on July ... «Canada NewsWire, Jul 15»
3
We're 2 years away from another NBA lockout.
SOUND THE BELLS: I wrote about Adam Silver's comments about exorbitant NBA player contracts and the lockout foreshadowing therein. «SB Nation, Jul 15»
4
Newtown residents rally together against lockout laws and alcohol …
This is believed to be the result of lockout zones in Kings Cross and the inner city, which have brought more people to Newtown, where these ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Set the NBA lockout countdown clock. Again.
It's a rather odd moment in time for NBA commissioner Adam Silver to claim that a "significant number" of NBA teams are still losing money. «SB Nation, Jul 15»
6
Russell Brand slams Sydney's "preposterous" lockout laws
Outspoken British comedian and TV host Russell Brand has laid into Sydney's lockout laws in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, vowing to ... «inthemix, Jul 15»
7
Guelph Transit lockout one year ago this month still fresh for bus …
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Mark Amorosi, who served as the executive director of corporate and human resources during the lockout, ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
8
From a lockout to a rising...
The brutal 1913 lockout hardened attitudes. The Irish Citizen Army (ICA) was initially a workers' defence body but it metamorphosed into an ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
Even Russell Brand Thinks The Lockout Laws Are Ridiculous
We are not the only ones that think the lockout laws put in place by old mate Baz O'Farewell O'Farrell are reducing Sydney to a so called ... «Stoney Roads, Jul 15»
10
British comedian Russell Brand vows to flout Sydney's 'preposterous …
BRITISH comedian Russell Brand has criticised Sydney's lockout laws vowing to protest them with an act of civil disobedience at the iconic ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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