outdoors
The environment outside of enclosed structuresThe environment outside of enclosed structures.
» He is playing outdoors.
Er spielt draußen. — samueldora
Он играет на улице. — dreamer
Він грає на вулиці. — deniko
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2 senses(uncountable)The environment outside of enclosed structures.
He won't leave his house: he's afraid of the outdoors.
(uncountable)The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.
She loves the outdoors, for its freedom and fresh air.
- where the air is unconfined
Examples
159 sentencesHe is playing outdoors.
Він грає на вулиці. — deniko
ruОн играет на улице. — dreamer
deEr spielt draußen. — samueldora
Tom loves being outdoors.
Тому подобається надворі. — deniko
deTom ist sehr gerne draußen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's getting dark outdoors.
Надворі темніє. — ascolto
Today, we have to sleep outdoors.
ruСегодня нам придется спать на улице. — sharptoothed
deHeute müssen wir draußen schlafen. — Wolf
Tom seems to enjoy being outdoors.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From out + doors (plural of door), probably as a shortening of out of doors. AlternativelyFrom 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
5 synonyms- where the air is unconfined:out-of-doorsopen airopen
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- being being outdoors
- to working outdoors
- working outdoors
- time outdoors
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.