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4 basic meanings

lack, absence, manque, panne

• sold out, a sellout, voted out, outmoded, out of order (vending machine)
• We ran out of gas.
• You're out of luck.
• Jerzy flunked out of college twice.

à ou vers l'extérieur

• Go play outside, but don't stay out too long, we're eating out tonight.
• Let's get take-out tacos and crunch in the park.
• outbound traffic (vers l'extérieur), outbox, output
• Get out your notebooks.
• Keep out!

hors (de)

• out of the question
• out of order (courtroom decorum)
• out of bounds
• out of season
• cast out, outcast outliers,
• throw STH out

hors pair

• outclass, outperform, outdo, outfox, etc. etc.

completely (extension)

• fill out a form. (UK = fill in)
• the outline of a lesson plan (outline = plan)
• She lived out her life in a home by the sea.

Souvent les verbes à particules peuvent avoir des sens radicalement différents dans différents contextes selon le sens qui prime (parmi les 4 ci-dessus, par exemple)

• come out (sortir, paraitre, se savoir, être révélé / rendu publique)
• give out (distribuer, (r)émettre 4), lâcher, s'épuiser)
• hold out (tendre, résister, durer)

See the blogpost for other examples

combines with other prepositions

• without
• about (Old English abutan, earlier onbutan "on the outside of," from on + be "by" + utan "outside," from ut (out)). etym-online
• throughout