outdoors

pronunciation

How to pronounce outdoors in British English: UK [ˌaʊtˈdɔːz]word uk audio image

How to pronounce outdoors in American English: US [ˌaʊtˈdɔːrz] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    where the air is unconfined
  • Adverb:
    outside a building

Word Origin

outdoors (adv.)
1817, from outdoor + adverbial genitive. As a noun, "open spaces," recorded from 1857.

Antonym

adv.

indoors

Example

1. Playing outdoors is the most fun in my opinion .
2. One was an intravenous drug user who had slept outdoors on a trampoline .
3. So repace is correct that secondhand smoke has been studied outdoors .
4. Farmers slump on the charpoys on which they sleep outdoors .
5. I don 't even remember the name of the bar we went to , just across the street , outdoors .

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