Meaning & use
outside
Not within the limits, boundaries, or interior of a particular place, area, or category.
See it in a sentence
The dog waited patiently outside the grocery store while its owner shopped.
This request falls outside the scope of our current contract.
A note on using this word
Outside also works as an adverb ("let's eat outside") and a noun ("the outside of the house"), so its role shifts depending on sentence structure.
Words with a similar meaning
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