Definition of outdoors
:outside a building :in or into the open air
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Examples of outdoors in a Sentence
The game is meant to be played outdoors.
He worked outdoors all afternoon.
I went outdoors for some fresh air.
Recent Examples of outdoors from the Web
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Even though many shoppers might envision their Whole Foods chickens roaming outdoors, such a perk isn’t required until Step 3.
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First, UV damage doesn’t only come from being outdoors.
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Exxel Outdoors employs about 100 people at its Haleyville plant and turns out around 2 million sleeping bags a year, in as many as 300 different varieties.
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And agriculture — more than half of the jobs are outdoors.
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The five warmest summers in Europe since 1500 have all occurred since 2002, and soon, the IPCC warns, simply being outdoors that time of year will be unhealthy for much of the globe.
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Millenia Commons is the primary retail component of the mixed-use Millenia community in eastern Chula Vista and will have a contemporary urban design emphasizing walkability and spaces for gathering outdoors.
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As many of us are busy crafting the perfect playlist for grilling outdoors, most likely such labor is happening on a modern streaming service or within iTunes.
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Ticks can carry a variety of diseases and can be found outdoors and on the fur or feathers of various birds or animals.
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First Known Use of outdoors
circa 1729
First Known Use of outdoors
1830
OUTDOORS Defined for English Language Learners
outdoors
play
adverb
Definition of outdoors for English Language Learners
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: outside a building : not inside a building
OUTDOORS Defined for Kids
Definition of outdoors for Students
:outside a building :in or into the open air
- She likes to play outdoors.
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