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outside

 
 
/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/ adverb

Definition

NOT INSIDE not inside a building: Go and play outside for a while. It's cold outside today.
NEAR not in a particular building or room, but near it: She knocked on his bedroom door and left the tray outside.
(Definition of outside adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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