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owt-DORZ/ˌaʊtˈdɔːz/

Outdoors means in the open air: eat outdoors, stay outdoors, go outdoors. Outdoor is the adjective (an outdoor café). Inside and indoors are opposites. Outside is a close cousin. Do not write outdoors when you mean outdoor before a noun, or out doors as two words.

Meaning

Outside a building; in the open air.

Examples

• “The children played outdoors until dinner.”
• “We had lunch outdoors behind the museum.”
• “Take the dog outdoors after breakfast.”

Good to know

eat / play outdoors (adverb). Adjective: outdoor. Opposite: indoors. Mix-up: outdoor + noun.

Near in meaning

outside

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