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# outside

«outside» in Mova's school dictionary: **not inside, out in the open air** — 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

noun (the outside); adverb (outside); preposition (outside); adjective (outside)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Outside means not inside, out in the open air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#m1)

2) The outside of a box or house is its outer part or surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#m2)

3) Outside a place means near it but not in it: outside the school gates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#m3)

4) Outside can mean beyond a limit: outside school hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a place: children or animals outside and inside; the outside of a shape (its border); points outside a circle. In everyday life: playing outside, waiting outside a shop. In science: the outside temperature, the outside of a cell. In stories: a noise outside the window. Safety: stay where an adult can see you when you play outside.

### examples

- 6 children play outside and 4 play inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x1)
- How many are outside the circle? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x2)
- The outside of the box is painted blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x3)
- 3 dogs went outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x4)
- Let's go outside and play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x5)
- It is cold outside, so wear a coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x6)
- Wait outside the classroom, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x7)
- The outside of a walnut is hard, but the inside is soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x8)
- Nobody is allowed in outside opening hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x9)
- “Leave that dog outside,” said the servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outside/#x10)

### note

Inside + outside = all. Moving outside: subtract from inside and add to outside. Trap: the fence around the outside of a shape is its perimeter. «Outside of» is common in American English; British English often uses just «outside». Opposite: inside.

### In the corpora

- [Stories about annoying colleagues told at home are private and should not be repeated outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/8/)
- [A picket line is striking workers standing outside their workplace with signs, peacefully asking others not to go in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/14/)
- [Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/14/)
- [An ambulance outside a house tells you someone needed help, not who or why; offer help, not guesses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/21/)
- [Scene: in Dublin, Nan sees a man with a tape measure outside the Kellys' house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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