Words / B2

IND-or/ˈɪndɔː/

Indoor describes things used or happening inside a building: indoor athletics; an indoor market. Indoors is the adverb (already in the dictionary): stay indoors. The indoor trials moved to the sports hall. Outdoor is the opposite adjective. Do not write “go indoor”.

Meaning

Happening or used inside a building.

Examples

• “The indoor athletics trials moved to the sports hall after the frost.”
• “An indoor market replaced the stalls, which is the retail sense.”

Good to know

indoor + noun (pool / sport / plant). Adverb: indoors. Opposite: outdoor / outdoors. Sport and buildings. Adjective, not “go indoor”.

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