outside
/aʊtˈsaɪd/ noun B2- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface. · He's repainting the outside of his house.
- The external appearance of someone or something. · Her outside was stern, but inside was a heart of gold.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary. · Viewed from the outside, the building seemed unremarkable.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc. · It may last a week at the outside.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right. · On a motorway, you should always overtake other vehicles on the outside.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference. · On the final bend, the second-place car tried to go around the outside of the leader but spun off into the barrier.
- The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
Plural outsides
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“Unless you are blind, or have never been outside the harbor, you must know.”
These people had nothing to do but talk to each other, but they always came to wait outside the Throne Room every morning, although they were never permitted to see Oz.
The boat they were in could not make a long voyage; there was no vessel at anchor outside the harbor; he thought, perhaps, they were going to leave him on some distant point.
At a shout from the boat, the chain that closes the mouth of the port was lowered and in a second they were, as Dantès knew, in the Frioul and outside the inner harbor.
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