out in the room

[PinkLady]

1. Consider the following sentence:


"The lights are out in the room."



Does this mean that the lights are switched off.





2. And if someone wanted to convey the opposite meaning, would it be correct to say:



"The lights are on in the room."





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Thank you.

[Josef Essberger]

Yes and yes

[snehi]

Yes, the sentence "The lights are out in the room" typically means that the lights are switched off. However, it could also imply that the lights are not functioning depending on the context.