outdoor
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities: Relating to the environment outside buildings or to activities that take place there.
- Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air: Existing, designed, or happening outside, not within a building or shelter.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective:
- The school promotes outdoor education to connect students with nature.
- We need to wear outdoor clothing for the hiking trip.
- The concert was moved to an outdoor venue due to the large expected crowd.
- Tennis is primarily an outdoor sport.
Advanced Usage
"outdoor" as an attributive adjective: Almost always used directly before a noun to describe it.
- an outdoor pool, outdoor lighting, outdoor furniture.
Contrast with "indoors": Used to explicitly distinguish from internal or sheltered spaces.
- The outdoor ceremony was beautiful, but the reception was held indoors.
Variants and Related Words
- Outdoors (adverb): In or into the open air; outside.
- The children love to play outdoors.
- Outdoors (noun, singular): The world outside of buildings; the open air.
- He has a great love for the outdoors.
- Outdooring (noun, chiefly in West African English): A ceremony to present a new baby to the community, typically held outdoors.
Synonyms
- Al fresco: In the open air (often used for dining).
- Open-air: Unroofed; taking place outside.
- Exterior: Outer; situated on the outside.
Antonyms
- Indoor: Located, done, or used inside a building.
- Interior: Inner; situated inside.
Related Phrases and Compounds
- Outdoor pursuits: Activities such as hiking, climbing, or kayaking done in natural settings.
- Outdoor advertising: Advertisements displayed outside, such as on billboards or buses.
- Outdoor market: A market held in an open space, not within a permanent structure.
Adjective
- pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities
- outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- outdoor clothes
- badminton and other outdoor games
- a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding