What does Outer mean?

Definitions for Outer
ˈaʊ tərout·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. outer(a)adjective

    being on the outside or further from a center

    "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs"

  2. outeradjective

    located outside

    "outer reality"

  3. outeradjective

    being on or toward the outside of the body

    "the outer ear"

Wiktionary

  1. outernoun

    An outer part.

  2. outernoun

    (wholesale trade) the smallest single unit normally sold to retailers, usually equal to one retail display box.

    We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.

  3. outernoun

    Someone who admits to something publicly.

  4. outernoun

    Someone who outs another.

  5. outeradjective

    Outside; external.

  6. outeradjective

    Farther from the centre of the inside.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Outeradjective

    That which is without; opposed to inner.

    Etymology: from out.

    The kidney is a conglomerated gland only in the outer part: for the inner part, whereof the papillæ are composed, is muscular. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. b. i. c. 5.

ChatGPT

  1. outer

    Outer refers to the external part, surface or layer of something; located or being on the outside or further from the center; not internal or inner. It can also refer to outer space, i.e., the vast expanse existing beyond the earth and between celestial bodies.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Outer

    owt′ėr, adj. more out or without: external—opp. to Inner.—n. the part of a target outside the rings, a shot striking here.—adj. Out′ermost, most or farthest out: most distant.—Outer bar, the junior barristers who plead outside the bar in court, as distinguished from King's Counsel and others who plead within the bar. [Comp. of out.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Outer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3940

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Outer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3421

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Outer' in Adjectives Frequency: #516

Anagrams for Outer »

  1. route

  2. outre

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Outer in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Outer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Outer in a Sentence

  1. Kim Il Sung:

    We are developing satellite technology, we are exploring outer space, not because we are in a very good position, well off economically. We still have a lot of economic problems. Even today we are tightening our belts to survive and to improve. All the same, we are investing a lot into this space program. We will continue, regardless of what people say.

  2. Alexandar Djelic:

    My genitals swelled up and I was in terrible pain, the swelling was so bad, the doctors had to cut away an outer part of my penis so I can urinate. I was put on a catheter, then got an infection, but survived the horror.

  3. Salman Aziz:

    Outer beauty won’t remain forever but inner beauty does. Don’t run after outer beauty. Because of it can be a huge mistake when you chose outer beauty instead of inner beauty. And that will leave you with regression. Only try to know and get the inner beauty of somebody or something. It will bring peace inside of you.

  4. Tim Pawlenty:

    The party is fractured, which isn't unusual for political parties and they almost always come back together. But this could test the outer limits of that tradition, if the Republican Party were an airplane and you're looking out the window, you'd see some pieces of the surface flying off. And you'd be wondering whether the engine or a wing is next.

  5. Hunter Waite:

    Understanding the diversity of our solar system is pretty important and the possibility of applying what we know here to exoplanets, it just opens up the range of possibilities for life beyond our previous expectations, these ocean worlds all over the outer solar system that are a little bit alien.

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