- 1on or to a place on the outside of something You can park your car outside our house. opposite inside
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- 2away from or not in a particular place It's the biggest theme park outside the United States. We live in a small town just outside St. Louis.
- 3not part of something The matter is outside my area of responsibility. You may do as you wish outside working hours. opposite within
- 4outside of apart from There was nothing they could do, outside of hoping things would get better. Idioms
outside
prepositionNAmE//ˌaʊtˈsaɪd//, NAmE//ˈaʊtsaɪd//
(also outside of)to think about something, or how to do something, in a way that is new, different, or shows imagination
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