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单词 outside
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outsideadjective, adverb, preposition

uk/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd//ˈaʊt.saɪd/us/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd//ˈaʊt.saɪd/

A1 not inside a building:

It was a sunny day outside.
Since it's such a nice day, let's eat/sit/go outside.
an outside light/toilet

C1 [ before noun ] coming from another place or organization:

The company has called in outside experts.
outside call/line

a phone call or connection going outside the place where you are

[ before noun ] the most that would be accepted or possible:

The outside limit/figure would be $350.

More examples

  • Come indoors, it's cold outside.
  • Don't walk around outside in your bare feet.
  • We curled up in bed, all snug and warm, and listened to the storm outside.
  • I hate being stuck behind a desk - I'd rather work outside.
  • Most ordinary people still had outside toilets in those days.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

From, out and outside

  • al fresco
  • breath
  • door
  • exogenous
  • exterior
  • external
  • from
  • open-air
  • out
  • out
  • out and about idiom
  • out of 2
  • outdoor
  • outdoors
  • outer
  • outward
  • outwards
  • outwith
  • thence

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Communications - by telephone
Maximum and minimum

Idiom(s)

the outside world

outsideadverb, preposition

uk/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/us/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/

A2 not in a particular building or room, but near it:

She sat for two hours on the floor outside his room.

A2 not in a particular place:

Nobody outside this room must ever know what we have discussed.

not within or part of something:

I'm afraid that would be outside my job description.
outside of mainly US

except for:

Outside of us three, no one knows anything about the problem, yet.

More examples

  • A large crowd of reporters collected outside the prime minister's house.
  • He was shot dead outside his home.
  • There was a curious-looking man standing outside.
  • They're digging up the road outside to repair the electricity cables.
  • There's a night safe outside the bank, so you can deposit money whenever you wish.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

From, out and outside

  • al fresco
  • breath
  • door
  • exogenous
  • exterior
  • external
  • from
  • open-air
  • out
  • out
  • out and about idiom
  • out of 2
  • outdoor
  • outdoors
  • outer
  • outward
  • outwards
  • outwith
  • thence

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Excluding

outsidenoun [ C usually singular ]

uk/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd//ˈaʊt.saɪd/us/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd//ˈaʊt.saɪd/

outside noun [ C usually singular ] (OUTER PART)

B2 the outer part or side of something:

The outside of the house needs painting.
The house looks larger when looked at from the outside.
The company needs to get help from outside (= from people who work for other organizations).
Compare
inside noun

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Surfaces of objects

  • -backed
  • back
  • base
  • bed
  • crust
  • face
  • facet
  • flange
  • front
  • nap
  • overlay
  • plate
  • rear
  • reverse
  • side
  • substrate
  • superficialis
  • surface area
  • underneath
  • underside

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outside noun [ C usually singular ] (LARGEST AMOUNT)

at the outside

used to say that an amount is the most possible in a situation:

The job will take about ten days at the outside.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

From, out and outside

  • al fresco
  • breath
  • door
  • exogenous
  • exterior
  • external
  • from
  • open-air
  • out
  • out
  • out and about idiom
  • out of 2
  • outdoor
  • outdoors
  • outer
  • outward
  • outwards
  • outwith
  • thence

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outsideadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ˈaʊt.saɪd/us/ˈaʊt.saɪd/

slight:

There's still an outside chance/possibility that Scotland will make it into the World Cup.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Small in number and quantity

  • beggarly
  • below
  • certain
  • could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand idiom
  • count
  • drabs
  • flicker
  • less
  • little
  • mingy
  • minimal
  • modest
  • narrow
  • negligible
  • niggardly
  • slender
  • small
  • some
  • thinly
  • under

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