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outdoors
[ out-dawrz, -dohrz ]
adverb
- out of doors; in the open air:
He's happiest when he's outdoors.
noun
- (used with a singular verb) the world outside of or away from houses; open air:
Our whole family likes the outdoors.
adjective
outdoors
/ ˌaʊtˈdɔːz /
adverb
- Alsoout-of-doors in the open air; outside
noun
- the world outside or far away from human habitation
the great outdoors
Word History and Origins
Origin of outdoors1
Idioms and Phrases
see big as life (all outdoors) .Example Sentences
It includes nothing about where, how many people it involved, if they were operating outdoors or complying with other guidance.
Walking your dog seems simple enough—it’s just you, your pup, and the great outdoors.
Online sales for sports and outdoors, kitchen, and especially groceries all saw increases as lockdowns and work-from-home policies led to consumers staying home to cook and exercise.
You know, that kind of dilution happens to aerosols outdoors.
Just because we’re ordered to stay at home doesn’t mean you can’t go outdoors — especially if you go all the way to the great outdoors.
Neither was old enough to be outdoors with a loaded gun within the city limits.
Outdoors, I ran 100m and 200m, and then long-jumped on occasion.
She compiled a survey for older girls on the outdoors and got almost 2,000 responses in less than two months.
Like other maskers who have braved the outdoors, he enjoys a turn in the spotlight.
But the constant rain and the cold mountain weather usually prevent the students from gathering outdoors to learn.
Now as he rose to go outdoors with Dorothy he remembered the letter Jim Barlow had brought him.
Wouldn't hurt the kid a bit—he'd be bigger then, and the outdoors would make him grow like a pig.
His instincts were all for the great outdoors, and from such the sun brings quick response.
The last of the logs were glowing red on the hearths, and the air was hot and heavy after the fresh outdoors.
Yes, her husband thrust her outdoors, half naked, this bitter cold night.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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