Sekirov Dictionary

outside

/aʊtˈsaɪd/

adverb 4
adjective 10
noun 8
preposition 4
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 6

adverb4

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in or into the open air, or in or to a place beyond the walls or edges of a room, building or area
- I am going outside.
- Residents of the city rarely ventured outside.
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Beyond the breaking waves.
- Taking off outside in the green. — 1966
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Outdoors.
- I slept outside last night.
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(informal) Not in prison.
- It is the prison that supports the image of the criminal […] he's lost when he's outside. — 1964

adjective10

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Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- The outside surface looks good.
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Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Dogs had a fear of me, for they felt the outside shadow which never left my side. — 1938
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Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- The Board did not trust outside information about their rivals.
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Away from the interior or center of something.
- As the centripetal force is an inverse function of the radius of the curve, it follows that the runner in the outside lane will be less affected than the runner in the inside lane. — 2003
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Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- The first pitch is ... just a bit outside.
Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
(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.
(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.
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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.)
- The legitimacy and inheritance rights of children were questionable, because colonial law did not acknowledge the validity of an outside marriage contracted after a monogamous, Christian one. — 2009

noun8

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The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- He's repainting the outside of his house.
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The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- Viewed from the outside, the building seemed unremarkable.
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The external appearance of someone or something.
- Her outside was stern, but inside was a heart of gold.
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The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- It may last a week at the outside.
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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.
- On the final bend, the second-place car tried to go around the outside of the leader but spun off into the barrier.
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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.
- On a motorway, you should always overtake other vehicles on the outside.
The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
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(informal, old-fashioned) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
- The outsides did as outsides always do. They were very cheerful and talkative at the beginning of every stage, and very dismal and sleepy in the middle[…] — 1836

preposition4

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On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all. — 1992
Beyond the scope, limits, or borders of.
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Except, apart from.
- Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
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Near, but not in.
- Up the hill Richmond town was burning briskly; outside the town of Richmond there was no trace of the Black Smoke. — 1898

verb1

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To ostracize or exclude.
- While the queer subject is outsided by the norm of reproductive heterosexuality, it feels its material effects and affects, even embodies this outsided-ness; […] — 2018

forms

outsided · outsiding · outsides · more outside · most outside

Phrases with outside

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