outdoor
part of speech
adjective (outdoor: outdoor games); related adverb (outdoors)
meaning for a pupil
Outdoor describes things that happen, are used or are found outside, not inside a building, like outdoor games or an outdoor pool. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school: outdoor play, outdoor learning, outdoor PE, outdoor education trips. Safety in outdoor life: sun cream and a hat in sun, a coat in cold, staying with your group, and knowing what to do near water, fire and wild animals. Phrases: «outdoor activities», «outdoor clothes», «the great outdoors» (nature), «outdoor shoes».
examples
- We have outdoor PE on Fridays. tree →
- The town has an outdoor swimming pool. tree →
- Put on your outdoor shoes before you go in the garden. tree →
- Hiking and camping are popular outdoor activities. tree →
- The museum has an outdoor play area. tree →
- Wear sun cream for outdoor games in summer. tree →
- We love the great outdoors. tree →
- Prince Asmund dearly loved all outdoor sports and an open-air life, and from his earliest childhood he had longed to live entirely in the forest close by. tree →
note
«Outdoor» goes before a noun: «an outdoor pool». «Outdoors» (with s) is an adverb or noun: «We played outdoors», «the great outdoors». Opposite: «indoor / indoors». «Outside» works in both ways.
In the corpora
- "The privy" is an old word for an outdoor toilet.
- Children who spend more time outdoors are less likely to become short-sighted.
- In Australia, redback and funnel-web spiders hide in shoes and under outdoor toilet seats, so shake shoes and check seats.
- In Australia, shake out shoes and check outdoor toilet seats, because redback and funnel-web spiders hide there.
- The rule of the outdoors is «Leave no trace»: leave a place as you found it, or better.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «outdoor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.