outer

Meaning

Adj

1. Outside; external.
2. Farther from the centre of the inside.

Noun

1. An outer part.
2. An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
3. The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
4. A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
5. The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.

Noun

1. Someone who admits to something publicly.
2. Someone who outs another.
3. One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
4. An ouster; dispossession.
5. (UK) One who supports leaving the European Union.

out

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Synonyms

external

exterior

outside

outward

surface

upper

out

top

🔝

eyelid

foreign

higher

look

next

open

open-air

outboard

outdoor

outermost

outlying

over

perimeter

peripheral

public

roundabout

upward

appearance

visual

border line

boundary

boundary line

exoteric

extraneous

extreme

extrinsic

Translations

exterior

esterno

extérieur

externo

uitwendig

externo

extern

esteriore

uiterlijk

εξωτερικός

buiten-

äußere

esterne

foraneo

äußer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʊtə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: outre

Inherited from Old English: ūtre

Cognate with German: äußere

Cognate with Danish: ydre

Cognate with Swedish: yttre

Cognate with Icelandic: ytri

In summary

From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra (“outer”), equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”). Piecewise doublet of utter.