Meaning

3 senses
  1. The outside part, parts or surface of something.

    The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package

    Äußeres, Außenseite

    экстерье́рekstɛrʹjér, нару́жная частьnarúžnaja častʹ, вне́шняя частьvnéšnjaja častʹ

    the region that is outside of something

  2. Foreign lands.

    She is our new minister of the exterior

  3. A recording taken outside to be used in film-making, often including establishing shots.

    We'll get the last of the exteriors done tomorrow.

Examples

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  1. Layla's saintly exterior masks inner demons.

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  2. Sami had a tough guy exterior.

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  3. You can repaint the house exterior.

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  4. There's sincere kindness and exterior kindness.

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  5. My exterior beauty attracts all eyes on me.

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Translations

6 languages
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Origin

From Latin exterior.

From Latin exterior.

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Forms

plural: exteriors
Singularexterior
Pluralexteriors

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the outer side or surface of something:outside
  • the region that is outside of something:outside

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
RelatedexternalB2

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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