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Definitions for outer
ˈaʊ tərout·er
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Princeton's WordNet
outer(a)adjective
being on the outside or further from a center
"spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs"
outeradjective
located outside
"outer reality"
outeradjective
being on or toward the outside of the body
"the outer ear"
Wiktionary
outernoun
An outer part.
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.
outernoun
Someone who admits to something publicly.
outernoun
Someone who outs another.
outeradjective
Outside; external.
outeradjective
Farther from the centre of the inside.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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
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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Rank popularity for the word 'outer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3940
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Rank popularity for the word 'outer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3421
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'outer' in Adjectives Frequency: #516
Anagrams for outer »
route
outre
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of outer in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of outer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of outer in a Sentence
The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades and brings us ceaselessly to the dry season. The other is the inside clock, where you are your own timekeeper and determine your own chronology, your own internal weather and your own rate of living. Sometimes the inner clock runs itself out long before the outer one, and you see a dead man going through the motions of living.
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
These distant objects are like breadcrumbs leading us to Planet X, the more of them we can find, the better we can understand the outer Solar System and the possible planet that we think is shaping their orbits -- a discovery that would redefine our knowledge of the Solar System's evolution.
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