outside in English: Not in a building; in the open air, out of doors. (adverb)

Translation

Not in a building; in the open air, out of doors.

Word origin

From out plus side, so it means on the outer side of a thing.

Origin: Middle English
Root: out and side

Examples

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"Outside" means in the open air, not in a building.

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Here "outside" means out of doors, away from the house.

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Here "outside" means out of the room, in the open air.

Related words

inside

In a building or thing; not outside.

out

Away from the inside of a place, or no longer inside.

in

Shows that something is inside a place, time, or situation.

here

In, at, or to this place.

there

In or to that place, or used to say that something exists.

beyond

On the far side of something, or further away than it.

internal

On the inside of something; belonging to the inside, not the outside.

tent

A small house made of cloth that you can carry, put up outside, and sleep in.

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