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outdoors

outdoors

80 1.0
In the open air, not inside a building
  • adverb
  • /ˈaʊtˌdɔrz/
translation icon : al aire libre
  • If you're doing anything outdoors today, make sure you bundle up for that.
  • go outdoors
  • spend time outdoors
  • time outdoors

The same they're all outdoors in Bombay.

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Examples

  • The guests were beginning to move outdoors, to the garden, where the ceremony was taking place.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Through her research, Sarah realized that she loved being outdoors and working with her hands.

    Academic text (2015)
  • But they want to be active and outdoors as much as possible.

  • So I would say the number one thing to do is go outdoors and ground yourself to the earth.

  • Have hope and go outdoors, get fresh air, stick to nature, stick to good people.

  • We did this play at four in the morning, outdoors, in the rain.

  • Max, if we lived in California, we could play outdoors every day in the sun.

  • I'd say another one is spending time outdoors in nature, in the sun.

  • The day was warm, and everyone had moved outdoors to the front porch and yard.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • It's going to be a great day if you're planning on being outdoors.

Synonyms

outside
vsoutdoors
1.0

In the open air, not inside

is the same idea expressed with a different word form
out of doors
vsoutdoors
1 3.2

Outside in the open air, not inside a building

is the same sense expressed using another phrase
out-of-doors
vsoutdoors
  • Archaic
1 3.2

The open air away from buildings

is the general single word for this environment
alfresco
vsoutdoors
5.5

Outside, usually for eating or other activities

is broader and applies to any presence in the open air

Antonyms

95 1.0

To be inside a building rather than outside

How Outside

outdoors
80 1.0
indoors
95 1.0

Surface Forms

outdoors positive

Morphology

outdoors = outdoor (transparent) = out + door + s

The adverb is formed from the adjective/noun 'outdoor' with -s, and its meaning 'in the open air' is a straightforward extension.

Etymology

The word outdoors comes from out ('away from') and door ('entrance'), like stepping 'out the door' into fresh air. So, used as an adverb it means 'outside' or 'into the open air'.