out of the box
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4.0
- idiom
:
listo para usar
- The distributions are there to ease out the process and should provide an out-of-the-box experience.
- right out of the box
- straight out of the box
- works out of the box
Examples
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No display looks as good as it can straight out of the box.
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Will there be any filters like this out of the box, though?
Blog text (17) -
Excellent review of a product that should have worked out of the box.
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"In fact, nearly all the equipment came out of the box and worked perfectly the first time."
Academic text (1998) -
However, something that just runs out of the box and runs natively is great.
Blog text (2) -
They want to take it out of the box, plug it in, and have it work.
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I have two Surface RT devices that worked out of the box with only my email address and password.
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The Kindle Fire HD has a significantly better out-of-the-box experience than the iPad or any other iOS device.
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It is night and day how comfortable the Quest is with this soft head strap out-of-the-box and with this new rigid head strap.
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The software was out of the box, allowing users to start working immediately without any setup.
Synonyms
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4.2
Works as soon as you connect or install it without needing any setup
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4.7
Ready to use because all parts and setup are provided
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2.8
Comes with everything needed to use right away
A ready-made product or service you can use immediately without change
How Ready
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally evokes something coming 'out of the box' and being usable immediately, so a learner who knows 'out' and 'box' can often infer a general readiness-from-packaging sense. However, its conventionalized, metaphorical use in software/hardware contexts ('ready to use without setup') is a specialized extension that is not fully predictable from the parts for a B1 learner, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Out of the box comes from the simple image of taking a new product out of the box and finding it works at once. That's why out of the box means 'ready to use' without extra setup.