outside

Examples

• All

• All the outside lines are dead.

  Virus X (2010)

• Soft steam formed on the windows, clouding the outside view as the women worked.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Well, at least you got the outside lights working.

  Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

• And running along the outside edge was the legend SPARE CHANGE RECORDS.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The contrast between the mall's interior and the outside street and larger urban context is striking.

  Academic text (2005)

• Windows are covered with Plexiglas that shuts out the outside view, natural light, and ventilation.

  Academic text (2000)

• Using the cover of the snowfall, Anne Marie circles around the outside edge of town toward Wilder's cabin.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The children played happily on the outside of the house, enjoying the fresh air.

• The garden's outside area was beautifully decorated with flowers and lights.

• She found a comfortable chair on the outside deck to relax and read a book.

Synonyms

O

outer

vsoutside

343 1.0

On the outside and farther from the center

is about being near the edge rather than exactly at it

E

external

vsoutside

219 4.1

Located outside a place, group, or body

refers to position near the edge rather than source or origin

O

outdoor

vsoutside

179 1.0

Used or done outside rather than inside a building

focuses on physical position near an object's edge, not activity location

E

exterior

vsoutside

46 3.4

For use on the outside of a building

refers to being at or near an object's edge, not just building parts

O

outermost

vsoutside

7 4.1

Farthest from the middle, at the outside edge

means being near the edge but not necessarily the farthest point

Antonyms

I

inside

320 1.0

Near the middle of something, not at the outer edge

Idioms

O

outside the box

• Informal

47 4.5

In a creative way that does not follow normal rules

C

to color outside the lines

• Informal

3 6.7

To think or act in a new and creative way without following usual rules

Compounds

T

the outside world

110 3.2

People, news, and events beyond your home or local area

O

outside chance

• Informal

6 3.5

A very small possibility that something will happen

O

outside door

4 1.0

A door that leads from a building to the outside

O

outside job

1 3.9

Work you do besides your main paid work to earn extra money

O

outside mirror

• US

1 2.1

A piece of glass on the outside of a vehicle that shows the view to the side and behind

O

outside loop

• Specialized

1 9.9

A plane move where it dives, flies upside down, and then climbs back to level flight

O

outside clinch

• Jargon

9.1

A fishing knot where the line end goes outside the loop before pulling tight

O

outside caliper

• Specialized

7.7

A tool with curved legs that fit around an object to measure its outer size

How Peripheral

peripheral

35 6.5

outside

97 1.0

middle

∞ 1.0

inner

279 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology