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- pronunciation:
- aUt
saId
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aUt
saId
- parts of speech:
- noun, adverb, adjective, preposition
- features:
- Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
Your skin forms the outside of your body. A shell forms the outside of an egg. When you look at your house from the street, you are looking at the outside of your house.
My dad and I washed the outside of the car, but the inside is still dirty.
- synonyms:
- exterior, surface
- antonyms:
- inside
- similar words:
- border, rim, shell
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definition 2: |
"Outside" means the area around something, especially a building or container. It is the area that is around that thing but is not contained within that thing.
There are a lot of bushes all around the outside of the house.The hamster gets nervous when the cat is standing on the outside of its cage.- synonyms:
- outdoors
- similar words:
- exterior, open
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part of speech: |
adverb |
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When you eat outside, it means that you eat in the open air. When you are outside, you are not in any building.
My brother and I waited outside for the school bus.- antonyms:
- inside
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related words: |
outward |
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
An outside thing, is something that is used outside or has to do with the outer side or surface of something. When you have outside furniture, you have furniture that is used outside and not in the house.
My coat has two outside pockets and two inside pockets.The sports center has one outside swimming pool and another pool inside.- synonyms:
- outer
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definition 2: |
When you have an outside chance of getting on the football team, it means that you have a very small chance.
The team hadn't practiced much, so they had only an outside chance of winning the soccer game.- synonyms:
- distant, faint, off, remote, slight, slim
- similar words:
- small
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related words: |
outward |
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part of speech: |
preposition |
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If a shoe is outside a box, it is not in the box. The box does not contain the shoe. If there is a plant outside your window, the plant is on the other side of your window.
It's not good to keep the milk outside the refrigerator for too long.Outside the house, the wind was blowing hard.Our cat watched the birds outside the window.- synonyms:
- beyond, past
- antonyms:
- inside
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