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outer [ˈaʊtə] adj (prenominal) 1. being or located on the outside; external 2. further from the middle or central part n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) Archery a. the white outermost ring on a target b. a shot that hits this ring 2. Austral the unsheltered part of the spectator area at a sports ground on the outer Austral and NZ informal excluded or neglected ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
outer adjective 1. external, outside, outward, exterior, exposed, outermost Peel away the outer skin of the onion. external central, inside, internal, interior, inner, inward 2. surface, external, outward, exterior, superficial Our preoccupation with appearance goes much deeper than the outer image. 3. outlying, remote, distant, provincial, out-of-the-way, peripheral, far-flung the outer suburbs of the city outlying central, interior, inner, closer, nearer Translations outer [ˈaʊtəʳ] A. ADJ 1. (= exterior) [layer, surface] → exterior; [skin, shell] → de fuera; [wall, door] → exterior, de fuera; [garment] → externo remove the outer leaves from the cabbage → quite las hojas de la parte de fuera de la col the outer world → el mundo exterior 2. (= peripheral) [edge, limit] → exterior; [suburbs] → periférico, del extrarradio the outer reaches of the solar system → los extremos del sistema solar outer adj attr → äußere(r, s); outer harbour → Außen- or Vorhafen m; outer office (= reception area) → Vorzimmer nt; outer man (= appearance) → äußere Erscheinung, Äußere(s) nt; the outer world → die Außenwelt; the outer reaches of the solar system → die Weiten pl → des Sonnensystems outer: outer door n → Außentür f outer garments pl → Oberbekleidung f, → Überkleidung f Outer London n → die Peripherie Londons outer [ˈaʊtəʳ] adj → esterno/a outer suburbs → estrema periferia outer [ˈaʊtəʳ] adj → esterno/a outer suburbs → estrema periferia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Our trip through the earth's crust was but a repetition of my two former journeys between the inner and the outer worlds. The outer wall was fifty feet in height where it had not fallen into ruin, but nowhere as far as they could see had more than ten or twenty feet of the upper courses fallen away. The strip of dry land is only a few hundred yards in width; on the lagoon side there is a white calcareous beach, the radiation from which under this sultry climate was very oppressive; and on the outer coast, a solid broad flat of coral-rock served to break the violence of the open sea. |
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