Definition of outflow
intransitive verb
: to flow out
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And that doesn't account for the currents and outflowing tides that impeded him.
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This puts the river back to levels seen at the start of May. Current weather forecasts, irrigation demand and remaining reservoir storage capacity allow for managers to hold Lucky Peak’s outflow steady for now.
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First Known Use of outflow
before 12th century
Definition of outflow
1 : a flowing out the outflow of dollars
2 : something that flows out outflow of a sewage treatment plant
Examples of outflow in a Sentence
We joined the outflow of fans from the stadium after the game.
The vents provide improved outflow of air.
Recent Examples of outflow from the Web
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China wants to cut outflows of capital that are heaping pressure on the yuan.
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Money may not buy happiness, but its outflow can breed enough unhappiness to stress an economy.
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The Italian government has requested that more economic migrants be repatriated, more refugees be relocated across Europe, and more financial resources and stronger border agreements between Libya and Niger to limit outflows.
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Another theory had it that the action was an attempt to preemptively signal that the Chinese government didn't want to see capital outflows on the rise again.
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The dam and its outflow creates a bit of whitewater but nothing too difficult for any beginner or novice kayaker.
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The ratio of pensioners-to-working is about 1:1.5 in Jilin and Heilongjiang, two provinces in China's northeast rust belt, which has seen population outflows in recent years.
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A personnel outflow of this magnitude would cripple most teams for at least one season.
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ETFs tracking China stock indices saw 14.5 million euro ($16.17 million) of outflows on Friday, reversing a trend of steady inflows seen since the beginning of this month, according to independent ETF selection platform TrackInsight.
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First Known Use of outflow
1785
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playDefinition of outflow for English Language Learners
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: an outward flow or movement of something
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