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out·side [ owt sd, ówt sd ] (plural out·sides) CORE MEANING: a grammatical word indicating the outer surface or appearance of something
  (noun) Grill the chicken wings until the outsides are crisp.
(adv) The house still needs to be painted outside. |
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1. adverb beyond the boundary of something: located on or beyond the outer surface or edge of something
standing outside the circle
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2. adverb out of doors: in the open air rather than inside a building
(adv) We should head outside soon if we're going to start the barbecue.
(prep) I'll meet you outside the post office.
(adj) an outside toilet
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3. adverb beyond immediate environment: happening, existing, or originating in places, people, or groups other than your own or those you are used to
(adj) It was claimed that most of the substandard work had been done by outside contractors.
(adv) in the world outside
(prep) married outside her religion
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4. adjective slight: slight or remote
There's an outside chance we may still be able to get tickets.
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5. adjective maximum: the most extreme possible or probable
an outside estimate of three months to complete the job
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6. adjective away from batter: passing on the side of home plate opposite the batter in baseball or softball
an outside pitch
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7. adjective farthest from side of road: farthest from the side of a road or the center of a race track
coming up fast in the outside lane
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8. preposition beyond scope of: not included in the range or scope of something
Such behavior is completely outside my comprehension.
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9. noun exposed surface: the outer surface or appearance of something
The outside of the house needs painting.
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10. noun existence not in institution: existence in the community and not in an institution such as prison or a psychiatric hospital
We wondered what life was like on the outside.
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11. noun area farthest from side of road: the part farthest from the side of a road or the center of a race track
coming up fast on the outside
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12. noun heavily populated area of Canada: the most populous areas of Canada and Alaska along the coasts or bordering the lower 48 states
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13. adjective sports farther from center: in soccer, field hockey, and other sports, used to describe a position farther from the center of the field than another of the same name
outside left
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at the outside at the maximum
It shouldn't last longer than three hours at the outside.
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outside of other than the person or thing mentioned
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