OUTDOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outdoor mean? 

• OUTDOOR (adjective)
  The adjective OUTDOOR has 2 senses:

1. located, suited for, or taking place in the open air

2. pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities

  Familiarity information: OUTDOOR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTDOOR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air

Synonyms:

out-of-door; outdoor; outside

Context example:

a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding

Similar:

alfresco; open-air (in the open air)

outdoorsy (characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life)

Also:

exterior (situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building)

Antonym:

indoor (located, suited for, or taking place within a building)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities

Pertainym:

outdoors (where the air is unconfined)

 Context examples 

A better understanding of how outdoor air pollution causes epigenetic changes could provide insights to guide the development of future prevention therapies.

(Combatting epigenetic effects from outdoor air pollution, NIH)

The findings suggest that pregnant women may want to consider avoiding outdoor activity during air quality alerts, but more research is needed to confirm this association.

(Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, National Institutes of Health)

Outdoor physical activity increases sun exposure, which may lead to the higher melanoma risk.

(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)

It was patent that Brissenden was no outdoor man.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An outdoor area set up for children's play.

(Playground, NCI Thesaurus)

Currently, concentrations of ultrafine particles in outdoor air are not monitored or regulated, in Brazil or in any other country.

(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)

“There is something in what the fellow says about outdoor work,” he remarked, “so I think, Watson, that I must leave you to your papers for a little.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, finds the Earth’s artificially lit outdoor areas grew by 2.2 percent per year from 2012 to 2016.

(Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter, VOA)

A new study in the medical journal Lancet said pollution, both outdoor and indoor, killed about 9 million people in 2015, or one out of every six deaths.

(Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA)

Interactions between the catalyst and the host material need to be deepened as well as studies into the long-term stability of the photocatalyst in the outdoor environment.

(Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution, University of Cambridge)