outside
IPA: ˈaʊtsˈaɪd
noun
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
- (slang, US, Alaska) The United States excluding Alaska, (especially) the contiguous 48 states south of Canada.
verb
- (transitive) To ostracize or exclude.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
adverb
- To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
- (colloquial) Not in prison.
- Outdoors.
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Examples of "outside" in Sentences
- It was drizzling outside.
- That was the outside of the rock.
- It is outside the remit of the UK.
- The district was opened for the outsiders.
- Outside, Jupiter gives out an anguished cry.
- Climax came out of the ashes of The Outsiders.
- Mort is forced to stow away on the outside of the plane.
- He runs outside and tries to take the kite away from Chubby.
- The boys flee the saloon, and scurry away to hideout outside of town.
- They were thrown out to the unsightly tented settlement outside the building.
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