Outro

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈaÊŠ.tɹəʊ/

Origin

Analogy with intro, using out as the opposite of in.

Full definition of outro

Noun

1. (music, informal) A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
• 1977, Claude Hall, Barbara Hall, This business of radio programming...talking over the intro of a record and off the outro, weaving back and forth between two records spinning...
• 1992, Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett, Practical recording techniquesFind the spot in the script where you want the outro to start fading up.
• 2009, 24 September, Jude Rogers in The Guardian, The trouble with remastered recordsBut then something happens on I Want You (She's So Heavy), two minutes into the song's intense outro, when a cloud of white noise comes in,...
2. (informal) The closing sequence at the end of a video game, demoscene demo, etc.
• 2007, Rich Shupe, Zevan Rosser, Learning ActionScript 3.0: a beginner's guideHaving gone through the intro and stopped, the next click plays the outro of the current section and then hits the following script at the end of the outro animation:

Antonyms

• intro