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Dictionary: out·side   (out-sīd', out'sīd') pronunciation
n.
  1. The part or parts that face out; the outer surface.
    1. The part or side of an object that is presented to the viewer; the external aspect.
    2. Outward aspect or appearance: "You'll never persuade me that I can't tell what men are by their outsides" (George Eliot).
  2. The space beyond a boundary or limit.
  3. Sports. A position at a distance from the inside or center, as of a playing field or racetrack.
  4. The utmost limit; the maximum: We'll be leaving in ten days at the outside.
adj.
    1. Of, relating to, or being on or near the outer side; outer: the outside margin.
    2. Of, restricted to, or situated on the outer side of an enclosure or a boundary; external: an outside door lock; an outside antenna.
  1. Located away from the inside or center: the outside traffic lane.
    1. Acting, occurring, originating, or being at a place beyond certain limits: knew little of the outside world.
    2. Gaining or providing access to the external side: an outside telephone line.
    1. Not belonging to or originating in a certain group or association: requested outside assistance; deplored outside interference.
    2. Being beyond the limits of one's usual work or responsibilities: My outside interests are skiing and sailing.
  2. Extreme, uttermost: The costs have exceeded even our outside estimates.
  3. Very unlikely; remote: only an outside possibility of winning the tournament.
  4. Baseball. Passing on the side of home plate away from the batter. Used of a pitch.
adv.
  1. On or to the outer or external side.
  2. Outdoors.
prep.
  1. On or to the outer or external side of: saw someone outside the window.
  2. Beyond the limits of: a little place outside the city.
  3. With the exception of; except: We have no other information outside the figures already given.

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noun

    The greatest quantity or highest degree attainable: maximum, top, ultimate, utmost, uttermost. Idioms: ne plus ultra. See high/low, limited/unlimited.

adjective

    Small in degree, especially of probability: faint, negligible, remote, slender, slight, slim. See big/small/amount.

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Idioms beginning with outside:
outside of

In addition to the idiom beginning with outside, also see at most (the outside).


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adj

Definition: external
Antonyms: central, inside, internal, middle

adj

Definition: slight, slim
Antonyms: certain, definite, good, likely, sure

n

Definition: exterior; out-of-doors
Antonyms: center, indoors, inside, interior, middle


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - The region that is the exterior of something. adj. - Mere outward show.

pronunciation Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. — Aesop

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - yderside, ydre, udvendig passager
adj. - udvendig, ydre, yderst, højest, maksimal, udenforstående
prep. - uden for, undtagen, ud over
adv. - udenpå, ovenpå, udenfor, udendørs

idioms:

  • at the outside    højest
  • Come outside    kom udenfor
  • outside and in    ud og ind
  • outside broadcast    direkte transmission
  • outside chance    en meget lille chance
  • outside edge    yderste kant
  • outside in    ud og ind
  • outside interest    interesse uden for arbejde og hjem

Nederlands (Dutch)
buiten, buitenkant, buitenste, vleugelspeler (voetbal), passagier op buitenzit, buiten-, gering, uiterst, maximum

Français (French)
n. - extérieur, (Aut, GB, Austral, etc) (doubler) sur la droite, (Aut, US, Europe) (doubler) sur la gauche
adj. - à l'extérieur, dehors, (TV, Radio) enregistré hors studio, extérieur, (fig) de l'extérieur, au maximum
prep. - en dehors de, de l'autre côté de, à l'extérieur de, au large de (d'un port), devant (une maison, un magasin), (fig) en dehors de, hors de
adv. - extérieur, dehors, tourné en extérieur

idioms:

  • at the outside    au maximum
  • Come outside    viens dehors!
  • get outside of    aller à l'extérieur de
  • on the outside    (Aut, GB) (doubler) sur la droite, (Aut, US, Europe) (doubler) sur la gauche, sur l'extérieur, à l'extérieur
  • outside and in    à l'envers
  • outside broadcast    émission en extérieurs
  • outside chance    faible chance
  • outside edge    bord extérieur, bord externe
  • outside in    à l'envers
  • outside interest    intérêt extérieur
  • outside of    en dehors de, de l'autre côté de (la limite), à l'extérieur de, au large de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Außenseite, Äußeres
adj. - außen, äußer, äußerst
adv. - außerhalb, draußen
prep. - außerhalb

idioms:

  • at the outside    äußerstenfalls, höchstens
  • Come outside    Komm nach draußen!
  • get outside of    sich reinziehen (ugs)
  • on the outside    außen
  • outside and in    (von) außen und innen
  • outside broadcast    Außenübertragung
  • outside chance    kleine Chance
  • outside edge    Außenkante
  • outside in    falsch herum
  • outside interest    Hobby, Freizeitinteresse
  • outside of    außerhalb, draußen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το εξωτερικό (τμήμα), εξωτερική όψη, (μτφ.) επίφαση, βιτρίνα
adj. - εξωτερικός, ανώτατος, πιθανός
adv. - έξω, εκτός, εξωτερικά, απ' έξω
prep. - έξω από, εκτός από, πέραν του

idioms:

  • at the outside    κατ' ανώτατο όριο
  • Come outside    Ελα έξω (να εξηγηθούμε)
  • outside and in    μέσα κι έξω
  • outside broadcast    (Βρετ.) εξωτερική (ραδιοφωνική ή τηλεοπτική) μετάδοση
  • outside chance    απίθανη περίπτωση, απίθανο ενδεχόμενο
  • outside edge    εξωτερική άκρη/ακμή, (μτφ.) όριο ανοχής
  • outside in    τα μέσα έξω, ανάποδα
  • outside interest    χόμπι, πάρεργο

Italiano (Italian)
fuori, esterno, esteriore, di fuori

idioms:

  • at the outside    al massimo
  • Come outside!    Vieni fuori!
  • outside and in    dentro e fuori
  • outside broadcast    trasmissione in esterno
  • outside chance    rara occasione
  • outside edge    margine
  • outside in    sottosopra
  • outside interest    hobby

Português (Portuguese)
n. - exterior (m), parte externa, superfície (f)
adj. - externo, superficial, extremo
adv. - fora, externamente, para fora
prep. - fora, de fora, para fora, sem, além

idioms:

  • at the outside    no máximo
  • Come outside!    Vamos lá fora!
  • outside and in    de fora e de dentro
  • outside broadcast    programação externa (rádio)
  • outside chance    poucas chances
  • outside edge    pequena vantagem
  • outside in    de fora para dentro
  • outside interest    interesse exterior

Русский (Russian)
наружная сторона, снаружи, извне, наружный, внешний

idioms:

  • at the outside    максимум
  • Come outside!    Вызываю! Вызов на драку.
  • outside and in    снаружи и внутри
  • outside broadcast    передача, записанная не в студии
  • outside chance    небольшие шансы
  • outside edge    дуга наружу
  • outside in    шиворот-навыворот
  • outside interest    хобби

Español (Spanish)
n. - exterior, lado exterior, superficie, apariencia
adj. - fuera, afuera, en la calle, a la calle, externo, por fuera, superficial, extraño, ajeno
prep. - fuera de, más allá de, excepto
adv. - exteriormente, externamente

idioms:

  • at the outside    como máximo, a lo más
  • Come outside    ¡salga afuera!, venga para afuera!
  • get outside of    comer o beber
  • on the outside    del lado de afuera, espacio más allá de un límite
  • outside and in    por fuera y por dentro
  • outside broadcast    emisión remota
  • outside chance    posibilidad remota
  • outside edge    borde exterior en los patines de hielo, posibilidad remota de ganar una carrera
  • outside in    al revés
  • outside interest    hobby, pasatiempo favorito
  • outside of    fuera de, con excepción de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utsida
adj. - utvändig, yttre, ytter-, ute-, utomhus-
adv. - ute, ut
prep. - utanför, utom, utanpå

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
外面, 外界, 外表, 外面的, 外界的, 外表的, 在...外, 在...范围之外, 向...外, 除了..., 在外面, 出界

idioms:

  • at the outside    至多
  • Come outside    出来到外面
  • outside and in    里里外外
  • outside broadcast    户外转播, 实况转播
  • outside chance    可能性不大, 不大可能的机会
  • outside edge    外部边缘
  • outside in    外朝里, 翻着面
  • outside interest    别的兴趣

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 外面, 外界, 外表
adj. - 外面的, 外界的, 外表的
prep. - 在...外, 在...範圍之外, 向...外, 除了...
adv. - 在外面, 出界, 外表

idioms:

  • at the outside    至多
  • Come outside    出來到外面
  • outside and in    裡裡外外
  • outside broadcast    戶外轉播, 實況轉播
  • outside chance    可能性不大, 不大可能的機會
  • outside edge    外部邊緣
  • outside in    外朝裡, 翻著面
  • outside interest    別的興趣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 외면, 극단, 외계, 옥상석 승객
adj. - 외부의, 피상적인, 출옥해 있는, 근소한
prep. - ~의 앞에 위치한
adv. - 밖에, 옥상석을 타고, 겉보기에는

idioms:

  • at the outside    ~의 바깥쪽에, ~의 범위를 넘어, ~을 빼고
  • Come outside    밖으로 나오다, ~을 빼고
  • outside and in    뒤집어서
  • outside in    밖을 안으로 뒤집어서

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 外側, 外部, 表面, 外観
adj. - 外側の, 外部の, 部外の, よそからの, 最高の, ごくわずかな, 外観だけの, 局外者の
adv. - 外側に, 戸外に
prep. - 外に, …以外に, 範囲を越えて

idioms:

  • at the outside    せいぜい
  • outside and in    外側と内側
  • outside broadcast    スタジオ外放送
  • outside chance    ごくわずかな可能性
  • outside edge    外側エッジ滑走, バットの先端
  • outside in    裏返しに
  • outside interest    興味がない
  • outside world    外部の世界

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الخارج (صفه) خارجي (ظرف) في الخارج (حرف جر) في الخارج, باستثناء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוץ, הצד החיצון, הופעה חיצונית, מיקום חיצוני, החישוב הגבוה ביותר‬
adj. - ‮של חוץ, שמבחוץ, קרוב לחוץ, חיצוני, לא משתייך לחוג או למוסד, קלוש (סיכוי), הגדול או האפשרי ביותר‬
prep. - ‮לחוץ, בחוץ, שמבחוץ, מחוץ ל-, מחוץ לגבולות-‬
adv. - ‮לחוץ, בחוץ, מחוץ ל-, מעבר ל-, למעלה מ-‬


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