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# outdoors

adverb (outdoors); noun (the outdoors); adjective (outdoor)

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

## Everyday

1. Outdoors means outside, not in a building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#m1)
2. The outdoors is the natural world away from buildings: fields, woods, mountains, beaches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, children play outdoors at break and after school. In safety lessons for the outdoors, they learn about sunscreen and hats, water, weather, getting lost and telling an adult where they are going. Phrases: play outdoors, the great outdoors, outdoor activities, go outdoors.

### Examples

- Let's play outdoors while it's sunny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x1)
- We ate our lunch outdoors on the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x2)
- He loves the great outdoors and goes camping a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x3)
- Wear sunscreen when you are outdoors in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x4)
- It's too cold to go outdoors today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x5)
- Outdoor games are good exercise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x6)
- Cats that live outdoors need shelter from rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x7)
- Our class had a lesson outdoors under a tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdoors/#x8)

### Note

«Outdoors» (with s) is an adverb or noun: «play outdoors». «Outdoor» (no s) goes before a noun: «an outdoor pool». Opposite: indoors / indoor. «Outside» often means the same.

## On Mova

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