outer
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtɚ/, [ˈaʊɾɚ]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊtə(ɹ)
- Homophone: outta (in some accents)
Adjective
outer (comparative outermore, superlative outermost) ("outermore" is rare and obsolete)
- Outside; external.
- Farther from the centre of the inside.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess:
- Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
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Antonyms
Translations
outside
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Noun
outer (plural outers)
- An outer part.
- 2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:
- 'Phil Cornish' [a snowdrop variety] is like a cross between a pixie hat and a pagoda, with elegant upswept outers [outer petals] marked in a green colour-wash at the top and warpaint slashes at the lower end.
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- (military, firearms) The 4th circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
- A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
- (retail) The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
- We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
out (verb) + -er (“agent suffix”)
Noun
outer (plural outers)
- Someone who admits to something publicly.
- Someone who outs another.
- 2002, Simon Gage, Lisa Richards, Howard Wilmot, Queer: The Ultimate User's Guide (page 88)
- From the early 90s, these were some of the fiercest debates raging in the gay press and in gay and straight bars worldwide as blabbermouths blabbed, sometimes just for the sheer hell of it, and gay celebrities ran for cover or bit the bullet and pipped the outers to the post.
- 2002, Simon Gage, Lisa Richards, Howard Wilmot, Queer: The Ultimate User's Guide (page 88)
- One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
- An ouster; dispossession.
- (Britain, politics) One who supports leaving the European Union.
Synonyms
- (One who supports leaving the EU): Brexiter
- (One who outs others): See Thesaurus:informant
Antonyms
- (One who supports leaving the EU): inner
German
Adjective
outer
- inflection of out:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
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