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indoors

indoors

95 1.0
To be inside a building rather than outside
  • adverb
  • /ˈɪnˌdɔrz/
translation icon : dentro
  • Residents are urged to stay indoors if possible.
  • stay indoors
  • go indoors
  • remain indoors

Try and find a quiet space, whether that's indoors or outdoors.

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Examples

  • I think they kind of made it feel like that indoors, which is really fun.

  • So the usual deal: indoors by 9, in your room by 11.

  • You can grow those indoors year round.

  • I tried it out indoors and this is what we got.

  • So what better way to spend it than indoors revising?

  • Local authorities are advising everyone to please stay indoors.

  • The glow of candles was welcome, for it was darker indoors than it had been outside.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • As the weather gets colder, more people move indoors where transmission tends to be higher.

  • When thunder roars, head indoors.

  • Residents are urged to stay indoors if possible during the storm.

Synonyms

in
vsindoors
1.0

Inside a place or group

applies only to being within a building rather than any place
inside
vsindoors
1.0

In the inner part of a place

specifies being within a building rather than any interior space

Antonyms

80 1.0

In the open air, not inside a building

How Outdoors

skyful
  • Archaic
6.1
outdoors
61 1.0
indoors
95 1.0

Surface Forms

indoors positive

Morphology

indoors = door (semi-transparent) = in + door + s

The fixed expression built from 'in' and 'door(s)' suggests being inside a house or building, but the adverbial meaning is fossilized rather than a fully regular modern formation. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word indoors comes from the parts in- ('in') and door ('entrance'). Think of stepping in through a door to be inside a building, so indoors means 'inside' rather than 'outside'.