Outside: Definition and part of speech

Outside

  1. adv. or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside.
  2. n. The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exterior.
  3. n. The part or space which lies without an inclosure; the outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary.
  4. n. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.; the utmost; as, it may last a week at the outside.
  5. n. One who, or that which, is without; hence, an outside passenger, as distinguished from one who is inside. See Inside, n. 3.
  6. a. Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior; superficial.
  7. a. Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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