outside

«outside» in Mova's school dictionary: not inside, out in the open air — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the outside); adverb (outside); preposition (outside); adjective (outside)

meaning for a pupil

1) Outside means not inside, out in the open air. tree →

2) The outside of a box or house is its outer part or surface. tree →

3) Outside a place means near it but not in it: outside the school gates. tree →

4) Outside can mean beyond a limit: outside school hours. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a place: children or animals outside and inside; the outside of a shape (its border); points outside a circle. In everyday life: playing outside, waiting outside a shop. In science: the outside temperature, the outside of a cell. In stories: a noise outside the window. Safety: stay where an adult can see you when you play outside.

examples

• 6 children play outside and 4 play inside. tree →
• How many are outside the circle? tree →
• The outside of the box is painted blue. tree →
• 3 dogs went outside. tree →
• Let's go outside and play. tree →
• It is cold outside, so wear a coat. tree →
• Wait outside the classroom, please. tree →
• The outside of a walnut is hard, but the inside is soft. tree →
• Nobody is allowed in outside opening hours. tree →
• “Leave that dog outside,” said the servant. tree →

note

Inside + outside = all. Moving outside: subtract from inside and add to outside. Trap: the fence around the outside of a shape is its perimeter. «Outside of» is common in American English; British English often uses just «outside». Opposite: inside.

In the corpora

• Stories about annoying colleagues told at home are private and should not be repeated outside.
• A picket line is striking workers standing outside their workplace with signs, peacefully asking others not to go in.
• Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.
• An ambulance outside a house tells you someone needed help, not who or why; offer help, not guesses.
• Scene: in Dublin, Nan sees a man with a tape measure outside the Kellys' house.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «outside» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.