tout

verb (tout, touts, touted, touting); noun (a tout, touts) (UK); (French) adjective (tout)

«tout» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To tout means to try hard to sell something or to praise it loudly, so people will buy or believe it. tree →
(UK) A tout (ticket tout) is a person who buys tickets for concerts or matches and sells them at a higher price. tree →
(French) «Tout» means «all» or «everything», as in «tout le monde» (everybody); it sounds like «too». tree →

In the lessons

In news, a product is «touted as» the best. Outside stadiums, ticket touts sell tickets illegally or at high prices. In French lessons, «tout» and «toute» mean all.

Examples

He was touted as the next football star. tree →
Ticket touts were selling seats for double the price. tree →
Street sellers touted cheap watches. tree →
«Tout le monde» means everybody in French. tree →
The new game was touted as the best ever. tree →
Don't buy from touts — the tickets might be fake. tree →

Note

English «tout» rhymes with «out»; French «tout» sounds like «too». US: «scalper» for a ticket tout.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «tout» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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