outside

a place or region beyond an enclosure or boundary

The first known use: 15th century

Word Structure

Phonemes, morphemes and spelling play important roles in reading.

7 Letters , 2 Syllables

out side

5 Phonemes

au t s I d

onset, rime

au ts I d

2 Morphemes

out side

Sentence Examples

The house looks nice from the outside.

She turned on the outside light to see what was making the noise.

The phone will not let you make outside calls.

The company hired an outside consultant.

There were outside influences that affected his decision to retire early.

The children love playing outside.

It's nice outside, with not a cloud in the sky.

He ran outside to see what the noise was about.

He looked outside at the snow.

The candy was hard outside but chewy inside.

The car seemed in good condition outside.

We waited outside the store.

He kept his hands outside his pockets.

There was a dog barking outside the house.

She finished the race five seconds outside the record.

We live outside the city.

No one outside the group knew of their plans.

Related Words

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Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

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