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OUTDOORS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Where the air is unconfined

Example:

camping in the open

Synonyms:

open; open air; out-of-doors; outdoors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("outdoors" is a kind of...):

exterior; outside (the region that is outside of something)

Derivation:

outdoorsy (characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life)

 II. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Outside a building

Example:

in summer we play outside

Synonyms:

alfresco; out of doors; outdoors; outside

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

indoors (within a building)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This new biocidal approach targets mosquitoes biting and resting outdoors as well as indoors, and may be less vulnerable to the problem of insecticide resistance.

(Genetically modified fungus hailed as malaria breakthrough, SciDev.Net)

Anyone who spends much time outdoors in cold weather can get hypothermia.

(Hypothermia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

She sat down, glanced searchingly at Miss Baker and then at me and continued: I looked outdoors for a minute and it's very romantic outdoors.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

We shook hands with him gravely and went back outdoors.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)