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# outback

noun (the outback)

«outback» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The outback is the huge, dry, mostly empty land far inland in Australia, far away from the cities and the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in geography and stories about Australia: red desert, few people, kangaroos, cattle stations and long roads. Children in the outback may do school by radio or internet. Safety: in the outback carry lots of water because towns are very far apart.

### Examples

- The outback is hot and dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#x1)
- Kangaroos hop across the outback. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#x2)
- Some children in the outback do school lessons online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#x3)
- Uluru is a giant rock in the outback. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#x4)
- Always carry extra water when you drive through the outback. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#x5)
- The flying doctor helps people who live in the outback. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#x6)
- Their farm is in the outback, hundreds of kilometres from town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/#x7)

### Note

Usually "the outback", often with a capital O. Used mostly about Australia. Uncountable, no plural.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outback» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outback/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outback» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outback.html) on Mova free.