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outside /owtˈsīd or -sīdˈ/ noun- The outer side
- The farthest limit
- The outer part or surface
- The exterior
- An outside passenger (archaic)
- (in pl) the top and bottom quires of a ream of paper
adjective /owtˈsīd/ - On or from the outside
- Carried on the outside
- Exterior
- Superficial
- External
- Extreme
- (of a possibility) unlikely, remote
- Beyond the limit
- Not having membership
- (of a criminal activity) carried out by a person or people not having contacts with someone near the victim
- At a distance from a major centre of population (Aust)
- Of a position nearer or near the edge of the field (rugby, etc)
adverb /owt-sīdˈ, sometimes owtˈ/ - On or to the outside
- Not within
- Out of prison
preposition /owtˈsīd or owt-sīdˈ/ - To or on the outside of
- Except for, apart from (informal)
- In a position nearer the edge of the field than (rugby, etc)
ORIGIN: out and side1 outsiˈder noun - A person who is not a member of a particular company, profession, etc, a stranger, a layman
- A person not considered fit to associate with
- A person who is not an inmate
- A person who is not participating
- A racehorse, competitor, team, etc not included among the favourites in the betting
- A person whose place in a game, at work, etc, is on the outside
- (in pl) a pair of nippers for turning a key in a keyhole from the outside
outside broadcast noun A broadcast not made from within a studio outˈside-car noun An Irish jaunting car in which the passengers sit back to back outside chance noun A remote chance outside edge see under edge outside half noun (rugby) A stand-off half outside left noun (sport) A forward player on the left wing outside novel noun The type of novel which deals with the author's thoughts and his or her relationship with the world outsiˈder art noun Art produced by a person who is not only not a trained artist but is also otherwise outside the mainstream outside right noun (sport) A forward player on the right wing at the outside At the most, etc get outside of (informal) To eat or drink outside in same as inside out (see under inside). outside of (informal, esp US) - In or to a position external to
- Apart from, except
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