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out·er  (outr)
adj.
1. Located on the outside; external.
2. Farther than another from the center or middle.
3. Relating to the body or its appearance rather than the mind or spirit.

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
Adj.1.outer - being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs"
inner - located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room"
2.outer - located outside; "outer reality"
outward - relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"
3.outer - being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
external - happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"

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.
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 cabbagequite las hojas de la parte de fuera de la col
the outer worldel mundo exterior
2. (= peripheral) [edge, limit] → exterior; [suburbs] → periférico, del extrarradio
the outer reaches of the solar systemlos extremos del sistema solar
B. CPD Outer Hebrides NPLHébridas fpl Exteriores
Outer London N área administrativa que comprende los barrios situados fuera del centro de Londres
Outer Mongolia NMongolia f Exterior
outer space Nespacio m exterior, espacio m sideral

outer [ˈaʊtər] adj [part] → extérieur(e)
outer suburbs → grande banlieue

outer
adj atträußere(r, s); outer harbourAußen- or Vorhafen m; outer office (= reception area)Vorzimmer nt; outer man (= appearance)äußere Erscheinung, Äußere(s) nt; the outer worlddie Außenwelt; the outer reaches of the solar systemdie Weiten pldes Sonnensystems

outer:
outer door
nAußentür f
outer garments
plOberbekleidung f, → Überkleidung f
Outer Hebrides
plÄußere Hebriden pl
Outer London
Outer Mongolia
ndie Äußere Mongolei

outer [ˈaʊtəʳ] adjesterno/a
outer suburbs → estrema periferia
outer [ˈaʊtəʳ] adjesterno/a
outer suburbs → estrema periferia

outer, outermost out


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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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