outside (outsides plural )
The form outside of can also be used as a preposition. This form is more usual in American English.
1 n-count The outside of something is the part which surrounds or encloses the rest of it.
usu the N, oft N of n (Antonym: inside)
...the outside of the building..., Cook over a fairly high heat until the outsides are browned.
Outside is also an adjective., adj ADJ n
...high up on the outside wall.
2 adv If you are outside, you are not inside a building but are quite close to it.
be ADV, ADV after v, n ADV, ADV with cl (Antonym: inside)
`Was the car inside the garage?'—`No, it was still outside.'..., Outside, the light was fading rapidly..., The shouting outside grew louder.
Outside is also a preposition., prep (Antonym: inside)
The victim was outside a shop when he was attacked.
Outside is also an adjective., adj ADJ n
...the outside temperature., ...an outside toilet.
3 prep If you are outside a room, you are not in it but are in the passage or area next to it., (Antonym: inside)
She'd sent him outside the classroom..., He stood in the narrow hallway just outside the door.
Outside is also an adverb., adv ADV after v, n ADV (Antonym: inside)
They heard voices coming from outside in the corridor...
4 adj When you talk about the outside world, you are referring to things that happen or exist in places other than your own home or community.
ADJ n
...a side of Morris's character she hid carefully from the outside world..., It's important to have outside interests.
Outside is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
The scheme was good for the prisoners because it brought them outside into the community.
5 prep People or things outside a country, town, or region are not in it.
n/-ed PREP n (Antonym: in)
...an old castle outside Budapest..., The number of warships stationed outside European waters roughly doubled.
Outside is also a noun., n-sing the N
Peace cannot be imposed from the outside by the United States or anyone else.
6 adj On a road with two separate carriageways, the outside lanes are the ones which are closest to its centre.
ADJ n (Antonym: inside)
It was travelling in the outside lane at 78mph.
7 adj Outside people or organizations are not part of a particular organization or group.
ADJ n
The company now makes much greater use of outside consultants.
Outside is also a preposition., prep
He is hoping to recruit a chairman from outside the company.
8 prep Outside a particular institution or field of activity means in other fields of activity or in general life.
...the largest merger ever to take place outside the oil industry.
9 prep Something that is outside a particular range of things is not included within it.
(=beyond) (Antonym: within)
She is a beautiful boat, but way, way outside my price range...
10 prep Something that happens outside a particular period of time happens at a different time from the one mentioned.
They are open outside normal daily banking hours.
11 You use at the outside to say that you think that a particular amount is the largest possible in a particular situation, or that a particular time is the latest possible time for something to happen.
at the outside phrase PHR with cl, amount PHR Give yourself forty minutes at the outside.
outside broadcast (outside broadcasts plural )An outside broadcast is a radio or television programme that is not recorded or filmed in a studio, but in another building or in the open air.
(BRIT) n-count
in AM, use remote broadcast
