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# outdoor

«outdoor» in Mova's school dictionary: **used or are found outside, not inside a building, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (outdoor: outdoor games); related adverb (outdoors)

### meaning for a pupil

Outdoor describes things that happen, are used or are found outside, not inside a building, like outdoor games or an outdoor pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school: outdoor play, outdoor learning, outdoor PE, outdoor education trips. Safety in outdoor life: sun cream and a hat in sun, a coat in cold, staying with your group, and knowing what to do near water, fire and wild animals. Phrases: «outdoor activities», «outdoor clothes», «the great outdoors» (nature), «outdoor shoes».

### examples

- We have outdoor PE on Fridays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x1)
- The town has an outdoor swimming pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x2)
- Put on your outdoor shoes before you go in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x3)
- Hiking and camping are popular outdoor activities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x4)
- The museum has an outdoor play area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x5)
- Wear sun cream for outdoor games in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x6)
- We love the great outdoors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x7)
- Prince Asmund dearly loved all outdoor sports and an open-air life, and from his earliest childhood he had longed to live entirely in the forest close by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/#x8)

### note

«Outdoor» goes before a noun: «an outdoor pool». «Outdoors» (with s) is an adverb or noun: «We played outdoors», «the great outdoors». Opposite: «indoor / indoors». «Outside» works in both ways.

### In the corpora

- ["The privy" is an old word for an outdoor toilet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/8-toilets-and-getting-older/14/)
- [Children who spend more time outdoors are less likely to become short-sighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/8-posture-and-screens/19/)
- [In Australia, redback and funnel-web spiders hide in shoes and under outdoor toilet seats, so shake shoes and check seats.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/2/)
- [In Australia, shake out shoes and check outdoor toilet seats, because redback and funnel-web spiders hide there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/11/)
- [The rule of the outdoors is «Leave no trace»: leave a place as you found it, or better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outdoor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.