outdoors
About 2.45 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.
They went outdoors to light up their cigarettes.
- noun The environment outside of enclosed structures.
He won't leave his house: he's afraid of the outdoors.
- noun The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.
She loves the outdoors, for its freedom and fresh air.
- verb third-person singular simple present indicative of outdoor
Similar words
open air out-of-doors alfresco outside open air out of doors exterior externally outer
Often followed by
in and to on or for with at is
Word family
the great outdoors the outdoors
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