rule out in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for rule out in the English»French Dictionary

I.rule [Brit ruːl, Am rul] N

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.out [aʊt] VB trans Out is used after many verbs in English to alter or reinforce the meaning of the verb (hold out, wipe out, filter out etc.). Very often in French, a verb alone will be used to translate these combinations. For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (hold, wipe, filter etc.).
When out is used as an adverb meaning outside, it often adds little to the sense of the phrase: they're out in the garden = they're in the garden. In such cases out will not usually be translated: ils sont dans le jardin.
out is used as an adverb to mean absent or not at home. In this case she's out really means she's gone out and the French translation is elle est sortie.
For the phrase out of see III. in the entry below.
For examples of the above and other uses, see the entry below.

See also wipe, hold, filter, come out

I.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] N

II.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] VB trans

I.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB trans

II.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB intr

IV.hold [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] N

I.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] N

II.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB trans

III.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB intr

I.keeping [Brit ˈkiːpɪŋ, Am ˈkipɪŋ] N (custody)

rule out in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for rule out in the English»French Dictionary

out → out of

See also out of, inside, in, in

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The purpose is to see which event trigger the next event and so on, or to rule out some possible events.
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This does not rule out the need for basic system engineering decisions, such as threading, timing, object lifetime, etc.
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I can not rule out that some of them may do so later this year.
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He did not rule out another attempt later in the day.
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No detectable bias due to test construction or administration has been found, although this does not rule out other biases.
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Patients with hematospermia should be evaluated by a urologist to identify or rule out medical causes.
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These views will show any movement of fragments and helps rule out false positives / artefacts which may be present on the image receiver.
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This judgement does not rule out entirely the plea that, at least in some cases, a brother succeeded a brother in preference to sons.
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For the most part however, the most serious condition to rule out is tamponade.
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Epidemiological studies that might confirm or rule out any connection between these complaints and fracking are virtually non-existent.
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