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Hole One a New See Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Out of (reason)

Hi everybody,

There are this use of 'out of'. By definition (Longman) it is:

because of a particular feeling that you have
The examples:

They obeyed him out of fear rather than respect.

Just out of curiosity, why did you take that job?
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/out_1


Is it ok with every feeling? Could you mention some common ones?



I guess (but I'm not sure) I saw something like this:


I played chess out of practice yesterday.


Is it correct? (I guess it is something like: the goal was to get used to chess again)


'practice' is not a feeling but I didn't find this meaning in the dictionary. Could you show me one?
  

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I forgot somehow but:

Thanks for any answer(s) in advance.
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If you are 'out of practice', it means that you have not practised recently.
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Thanks for the answer Emotion: smile

Is it possible without 'be' in another sentence in another meaning? In the meantime I found the sent
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In this slightly unusual sentence, the meaning is that the origin (birth) of the optimization was in practice.
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Hole One a New Seeout of practice
The phrase is not an adverb, but an adjective.

I lost the chess game because I was out of practice. (It means you lost some of your skills because you did not practice them recently, and thus, lost the game.)

I will try to play you a sonata on your piano, but I warn you that I am badly out of practice. (I wa
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Thank you very much, everybody Emotion: smile

Just one question (I just want to be sure). I found this one in Longman:
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Hole One a New See"Optimization was born out of practice and it ends in practice."
Optimization is the result of practice. A practice here is a way or method of doing something. We optimize a way of doing something by adjusting the method to make it better. Thus, the end result is a better practice.
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