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out·er

 (ou′tər)
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.
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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
3. (Archery) archery
a. the white outermost ring on a target
b. a shot that hits this ring
4. Austral the unsheltered part of the spectator area at a sports ground
5. on the outer informal Austral and NZ excluded or neglected
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out•er

(ˈaʊ tər)

adj.
1. situated on or toward the outside: an outer wall.
2. situated farther out or farther from the center.
3. of or pertaining to the external world.
[1350–1400]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
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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
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Translations
خارِجي
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zunanji
dışdışta

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
B. CPD Outer Hebrides NPL → Hébridas fpl Exteriores
Outer London N área administrativa que comprende los barrios situados fuera del centro de Londres
Outer Mongolia N → Mongolia f Exterior
outer space N → espacio m exterior, espacio m sideral
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outer

[ˈaʊtər] adj [part] → extérieur(e)
outer suburbs → grande banlieue
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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 Hebrides
pl → Äußere Hebriden pl
Outer London
n → die Peripherie Londons
Outer Mongolia
n → die Äußere Mongolei
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outer

[ˈaʊtəʳ] adj → esterno/a
outer suburbs → estrema periferia
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out

(aut)
1. adverb, adjective not in a building etc; from inside a building etc; in(to) the open air. The children are out in the garden; They went out for a walk.
2. adverb from inside (something). He opened the desk and took out a pencil.
3. adverb, adjective away from home, an office etc. We had an evening out; The manager is out.
4. adverb, adjective far away. The ship was out at sea; He went out to India.
5. adverb loudly and clearly. He shouted out the answer.
6. adverb completely. She was tired out.
7. adverb, adjective not correct. My calculations seem to be out.
8. adverb, adjective free, known, available etc. He let the cat out; The secret is out.
9. adverb, adjective (in games) having been defeated. The batsman was (caught) out.
10. adverb, adjective on strike. The men came out in protest.
11. adverb, adjective no longer in fashion. Long hair is definitely out.
12. adverb, adjective (of the tide) with the water at or going to its lowest level. The tide is (going) out.
13. adjective unacceptable. That suggestion is definitely out.
(as part of a word)
1. not inside or near, as in out-lying.
2. indicating outward movement, as in outburst.
3. indicating that the action goes further or beyond a normal action, as in outshine.
ˈouter adjective
outside; far from (the centre of) something. outer space.
ˈoutermost adjective
nearest the edge, outside etc. the outermost ring on the target.
ˈouting noun
a usually short trip, made for pleasure. an outing to the seaside.
ˈoutward adjective
1. on or towards the outside; able to be seen. Judging by his outward appearance, he's not very rich; no outward sign of unhappiness.
2. (of a journey) away from. The outward journey will be by sea, but they will return home by air.
ˈoutwardly adverb
in appearance. Outwardly he is cheerful, but he is really a very unhappy person.
ˈoutwards adverb
towards the outside edge or surface. Moving outwards from the centre of the painting, we see that the figures become smaller.
ˈout-and-out adjective
very bad. an out-and-out liar.
out-of-datedateout-of-pocket adjective
paid in cash; paid out of your own pocket. out-of-pocket expenses.
be out of pocket
to have no money; to lose money. I can't pay you now as I'm out of pocket at the moment.
out of printprintout of sight
1. no longer visible; where you cannot see something or be seen. They watched the ship sailing until it was out of sight; Put it out of sight.
2. an old expression meaning wonderful, fantastic. The show was out of sight.
out of sight, out of mind
an expression describing a situation in which someone is forgotten when he/she is not around. They used to be close friends, but since he left it has become a case of out of sight, out of mind.
ˌout-of-the-ˈway adjective
difficult to reach or arrive at. an out-of-the-way place.
be out for
to be wanting or intending to get. She is out for revenge.
be out to
to be determined to. He is out to win the race.
out of
1. from inside. He took it out of the bag.
2. not in. Mr Smith is out of the office; out of danger; out of sight.
3. from among. Four out of five people like this song.
4. having none left. She is quite out of breath.
5. because of. He did it out of curiosity/spite.
6. from. He drank the lemonade straight out of the bottle.
out of doors
outside. We like to eat out of doors in summer.
out of it
1. not part of a group, activity etc. I felt a bit out of it at the party.
2. no longer involved in something. That was a crazy scheme – I'm glad to be out of it.
out of orderorderout of the way
unusual. There was nothing out of the way about what she said.
out of this worldworldout of workwork
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outer

a. externo-a; exterior.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

outer

adj externo, exterior
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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For two hundred and fifty miles our prospector bore us through the crust beneath our outer world.
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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.
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A cleanly dressed young woman, with clogs on her bare feet, was scrubbing the floor in the new outer room.
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For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blanket between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air.
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The animal corrals of the maniacs are protected by an outer wall or palisade of upright logs, the lower ends of which are imbedded in the ground, the logs themselves being placed as close together as possible and further reinforced and bound together by withes.
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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.
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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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"You will be pleased to remove your outer clothing."
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"Two from the outer world are at large within the dominions of the therns.
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The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to all round this inner apartment, and long rafters lay from the thirty-two angles to the top posts of the inner house, being about twenty feet distant, so that there was a space like a walk within the outer wicker-wall, and without the inner, near twenty feet wide.
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This arrangement offered the advantage, that if gas had to be let off, so as to descend, that which was in the outer balloon would go first; and, were it completely emptied, the smaller one would still remain intact.
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He had set open every door in the whole interior, above and below, but all the outer ones were locked and bolted.
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