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outside (EN)
adverbe, adjectif, nom, préposition

adverbe “outside”

outside (more/most)
  1. dehors
    The kids are playing outside.
  2. à l'extérieur
    The teacher asked the students to wait outside while she prepared the classroom.
  3. dehors (libre de prison)
    After serving ten years, John felt strange being outside again.

adjectif “outside”

forme de base outside, non gradable
  1. extérieur
    The outside walls of the house are painted blue.
  2. extérieur (éloigné du centre)
    The car in the outside lane had to travel a longer distance around the curve.
  3. extérieur (non inclus dans un groupe)
    The company hired an outside expert to review their financial practices.
  4. extérieur (d'une source externe)
    The company was cautious about using outside advice for their new project.
  5. (UK) situé du côté de la route le plus proche du milieu
    She switched to the outside lane to overtake the slower car.
  6. (situé) du côté de la route le plus proche du bord
    She switched to the outside lane to prepare for her exit off the highway.

nom “outside”

s. outside, pl. outsides
  1. extérieur (partie externe)
    She cleaned the outside of the windows to make them sparkle.
  2. extérieur (zone au-delà de la limite)
    The house looks better from the outside than from the inside.
  3. apparence extérieure
    Despite his rough outside, he was very kind and gentle.
  4. extérieur (partie éloignée du centre d'une route courbe)
    During the race, the motorcycle went around the outside of the curve.
  5. voie extérieure (côté le plus proche du séparateur central)
    Cars should in general overtake on the outside.

préposition “outside”

outside
  1. à l'extérieur de
    The kids are playing outside the house.
  2. au-delà de
    Many people commute to work from outside London.
  3. en dehors de
    The decision is outside my area of expertise.
  4. à part
    Outside of his family, he had very few close friends.