Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.

    They went outdoors to light up their cigarettes.

    im Freien, draußen, an der frischen Luft

    снару́жиsnarúži

    надво́ріnadvóri

More definitions
  • outside a building

Examples

159 sentences
  1. He is playing outdoors.

    Він грає на вулиці. — deniko

    ruОн играет на улице. — dreamer

    deEr spielt draußen. — samueldora

  2. Tom loves being outdoors.

    Тому подобається надворі. — deniko

    deTom ist sehr gerne draußen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. It's getting dark outdoors.

    Надворі темніє. — ascolto

  4. Today, we have to sleep outdoors.

    ruСегодня нам придется спать на улице. — sharptoothed

    deHeute müssen wir draußen schlafen. — Wolf

  5. Tom seems to enjoy being outdoors.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in the open air:
Русский
By meaning 1
in the open air:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in the open air:

Origin

From out + doors (plural of door), probably as a shortening of out of doors. Alternatively

From out + doors (plural of door), probably as a shortening of out of doors. Alternatively, from outdoor (adjective) + -s (adverbial genitive suffix).

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • being being outdoors
  • to working outdoors
  • working outdoors
  • time outdoors

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outdoors — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto