- [countable, usually singular] the outer side or surface of something synonym exterior
- The outside of the house needs painting.
- He flicked the ball into the top of the net with the outside of his left foot.
- from the outside You can't open the door from the outside.
- on the outside Meat and poultry cooked on a grill often browns very fast on the outside.
- Cook until crispy on the outside and cooked through.
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- [singular] the area that is near or around a building, etc.
- I walked around the outside of the building.
- from the outside I didn't go into the temple—I only saw it from the outside.
- [singular] the part of a road nearest to the middle
- on the outside Always overtake on the outside.
- [singular] the part of a curving road or track furthest from the inner or shorter side of the curve opposite inside
Idioms
See outside in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee outside in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishat the outside
- at the most; as a maximum
- There was room for 20 people at the outside.
on the outside
- used to describe how somebody appears or seems
- On the outside she seems calm, but I know she's worried.
- not in prison
- Life on the outside took some getting used to again.
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