outside
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
prep
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-West Germanic *ūt
Old English ūt
▲
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *-ai
Proto-Germanic *ūtai
Proto-West Germanic *ūtē
Old English ūte
Middle English oute
English out
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English outside
From out + side.
Inflected forms:
form: outsides
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: owtside
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more outside
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most outside
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: owtside
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more outside
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most outside
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: owtside
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: owtside
pos: prep
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: outsides
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: outsiding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: outsided
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: outsided
pos: verb
tags: past
form: owtside
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
pos: noun
examples: He's repainting the outside of his house.
Silenes of old swere little boxes, like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries, painted on the outside with wanton toyish figures, as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, thiller harts, and other such-like counterfeited pictures at discretion, ...
The outside of the building gives no valuable clew.
The number of persons which the cab is licensed to carry must be painted at the back on the outside.
Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.
gloss: The external appearance of someone or something.
pos: noun
examples: Her outside was stern, but inside was a heart of gold.
gloss: The space beyond some limit or boundary.
pos: noun
examples: Viewed from the outside, the building seemed unremarkable.
I in great Transport threw open the Door of my Chamber, and found the greatest Part of the Family standing on the Outside in a very great Consternation
Have you seen my wife, Mr Jones?,Do you know what it's like on the outside?
Four buffalo gals go 'round the outside
 'Round the outside
 'Round the outside
 Four buffalo gals go 'round the outside
 And do-si-do your partners.
gloss: The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
pos: noun
examples: It may last a week at the outside.
gloss: The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
pos: noun
examples: On a motorway, you should always overtake other vehicles on the outside.
gloss: The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
pos: noun
examples: On the final bend, the second-place car tried to go around the outside of the leader but spun off into the barrier.
gloss: The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
pos: noun
examples: When a wave mounds on the outside and takes its shape, a surfer quickly paddles to the peak, positions himself in its evolving momentum, swings his board around, aligns with the peak, and thrusts himself into its cascading shape.
gloss: A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
pos: noun
tags: UK
colloquial
dated
examples: The outsides did as outsides always do. They were very cheerful and talkative at the beginning of every stage, and very dismal and sleepy in the middle[…]
gloss: Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
pos: adj
examples: The outside surface looks good.
Household drudgery, wood-cutting, milking, and gardening soon roughen the hands and dim the outside polish.
The tyres, which come from the steel manufacturers, are rolled without weld. They are bored inside to an internal diameter slightly less than the outside diameter of the wheel centre, on to which they have to be shrunk, the allowance being about ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of the diameter of the wheel centre.
gloss: Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
pos: adj
examples: 1938 (believed written c.1933), H. P. Lovecraft, The Book,
Dogs had a fear of me, for they felt the outside shadow which never left my side.
It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition.
Nor did they consult with outside persons in religious studies, sociology of religion, or psychology of religion.
gloss: Away from the interior or center of something.
pos: adj
examples: I don't want to take up your time with outside details so I will only say that about two years ago I had an opportunity of acquiring a share in a very promising claim—gold, you understand, both reef and alluvial.
As the centripetal force is an inverse function of the radius of the curve, it follows that the runner in the outside lane will be less affected than the runner in the inside lane.
gloss: Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
pos: adj
examples: The Board did not trust outside information about their rivals.
Positions in organizations are being vacated continually through death and retirement, promotion and demotion. Replacements may be drawn from the outside ("an outside man") or from within the organization.
gloss: Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
pos: adj
examples: Although a marriage to "one of ours" was encouraged, an outside marriage was not condemned if it would be to a believer of a similar faith. Some of the immigrants' children married Australians and joined Australian Churches.
gloss: Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
pos: adj
examples: The first pitch is ... just a bit outside.
gloss: Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
pos: adj
examples: an outside estimate
gloss: Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
pos: adj
tags: UK
examples: the outside lane of the motorway
gloss: Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
pos: adj
tags: US
examples: the outside lane of the highway
gloss: Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
pos: adj
examples: Isaac Nathan's Christian wife served as godmother to his outside son, born after their Christian marriage. She allowed the boy, but not his mother, to live with her, her husband, and their two children.
An 'outside wife' has limited social recognition and status because her husband typically refuses to declare her publicly as his wife. She also has much less social and politico-jural recognition than an 'inside wife' [...]
The legitimacy and inheritance rights of children were questionable, because colonial law did not acknowledge the validity of an outside marriage contracted after a monogamous, Christian one.
A husband will thus have responsibilities to his own household, as well as to those in which his “outside” children reside.
The latter is her “outside” child in reference to her conjugal tie at the time. Should she leave this man and move in again with the father of her first child, then the three younger children assume the place of “outside” children, [...]
gloss: To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
pos: adv
examples: I am going outside.
Residents of the city rarely ventured outside.
Jurgis waited outside and walked home with Marija.
gloss: To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
pos: adv
tags: colloquial
examples: It is the prison that supports the image of the criminal […] he's lost when he's outside.
gloss: To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
pos: adv
examples: Taking off outside in the green.
gloss: Outdoors.
pos: adv
examples: I slept outside last night.
Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
Harry and David spent most of their childhood outside, developing an intimate knowledge of the animals, waterways, and plant life of Mid Wales.
gloss: On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
pos: prep
examples: 1919 June 28, the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, Treaty of Versailles, Part IV—German Rights and Interests outside Germany,
In territory outside her European frontiers as fixed by the present Treaty, Germany renounces all rights, titles and privileges whatever in or over territory which belonged to her or to her allies, and all rights, titles and privileges whatever their origin which she held as against the Allied and Associated Powers.
There is jurisdiction over an offense under section 601 committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).
Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
gloss: Beyond the scope, limits, or borders of.
pos: prep
examples: tourists from outside the country
gloss: Near, but not in.
pos: prep
examples: Up the hill Richmond town was burning briskly; outside the town of Richmond there was no trace of the Black Smoke.
Jane Green […] lives outside New York City with her husband and children.
Kastner lives in University City with his wife, Leslie Cohen, who works for the Jewish Federation, and their 17-month-old old son. Kastner grew up outside Cleveland.
gloss: Except, apart from.
pos: prep
tags: usually
examples: Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
gloss: To ostracize or exclude.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Alison affirms that the kingdom of God does not rely on the sort of “outsiding” that most people find necessary to affirm identity. Keenan, echoing this claim, writes, “While the rest of humanity finds its identity in excluding, Jesus works for a sense of inclusiveness that defines him and, hopefully, us.”
While the queer subject is outsided by the norm of reproductive heterosexuality, it feels its material effects and affects, even embodies this outsided-ness; […]
Antonyms: inside
Related words: withoutside
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: արտաքին
roman: artakʻin
lang: Bulgarian
word: въ́ншен
roman: vǎ́nšen
lang: Esperanto
word: ekstera
lang: Finnish
word: ulkopuolinen
lang: Finnish
word: ulkoinen
lang: French
word: extérieur
lang: Hungarian
word: kinti
lang: Hungarian
word: külső
lang: Ingrian
word: ulkopooliin
lang: Italian
word: esteriore
lang: Macedonian
word: надво́решен
roman: nadvórešen
lang: Māori
word: mōwaho
lang: Mongolian
word: гадаад
roman: gadaad
lang: Ossetian
word: ӕддаг
roman: æddag
lang: Portuguese
word: exterior
lang: Portuguese
word: externo
lang: Romanian
word: afară
lang: Russian
word: вне́шний
roman: vnéšnij
lang: Russian
word: нару́жный
roman: narúžnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ѝзван
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на̏пољу
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ìzvan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nȁpolju
lang: Slovene
word: zunanji
lang: Thai
word: ภายนอก
roman: paai nôk
lang: Turkish
word: harici
lang: Turkish
word: dışsal
lang: Welsh
word: allanol