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Princeton's WordNet

  1. block outverb

    plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general

  2. screen, block outverb

    prevent from entering

    "block out the strong sunlight"

  3. mask, block outverb

    shield from light

  4. block outverb

    indicate roughly

    "We sketched out our plan"

Wiktionary

  1. block outverb

    to prevent from entering or penetrating

  2. block outverb

    to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.

  3. block outverb

    to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see.

Wikipedia

  1. block out

    Blockout is a puzzle video game published in 1989 by California Dreams. It was developed in Poland by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Mirosław Zabłocki. American Technos published an arcade version. Blockout is an unlicensed, 3D version of Tetris.

ChatGPT

  1. block out

    To block out generally means to ignore or prevent something or someone from influencing, affecting or disrupting one's thoughts, plans, or actions. It can also refer to the act of scheduling or allocating a specific amount of time for a particular task or activity. In context of design, it may mean to sketch or outline the basic structure or elements of something.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of block out in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of block out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of block out in a Sentence

  1. Ritu Phogat:

    The Phogat sisters struggled to fit into society, the Phogat sisters family was surrounded by naysayers in those early days, but The Phogat sisters had each other for support. Together The Phogat sisters found a way to block out all the outside noise.

  2. Jim Davis/The:

    You know, players last year, you know, the situation where … I mean, look, there’s multiple situations. But, where things come up, where we can be helpful, we try to do that. I didn’t really see what happened yesterday, so this isn’t about that, it’s just in general, that’s how we try to handle the mental health side of it, very important, and it’s something everybody’s very aware of. We talk about it on a pretty regular basis. Football players are tough, they like to block out, and try to block out distractions and things that could affect them on the football field. But, at the same time, you’ve gotta live your life and deal with other things. And, so, it’s trying to find that balance.

  3. Associated Press:

    A lot of times, at least with me, when I’m at a big event, I almost block out trying to think about where it stands in history and just concentrate on what I need to do at that moment as far as making good pictures, the thing I try to do is limit the amount of distractions and just focus on what’s in front of me or where I need to go or try to anticipate where the next best pictures might be.

  4. Hua Chunying:

    I believe the action of these few representatives are an expression of extreme arrogance and an extreme lack of self-confidence, actually the whole world can see very clearly that the real intent of the United States is to employ its state apparatus in every conceivable way to suppress and block out China's high-tech companies.

  5. Jose Luis Dominguez:

    (Uber) shouldn't be operating. Passengers shouldn't be using it, but...ignoring that it exists would be like trying to block out the sun with your finger.


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