Definitions for outskirts
out·skirts

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. outskirtsnoun

   outlying areas (as of a city or town)

   "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outskirtsnoun

   ; the edges or areas around a city or town.

   He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

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1. outskirts

   The outskirts of a place or city are the outer areas of it, often where fewer people live or work, typically characterised by less development compared to the central areas. These could also refer to parts that are remote from the center of activity, interest, or population.

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1. Outskirts

   Outskirts is the 1987 debut album by Blue Rodeo. The single "Try" was a hit for the band in their native Canada. To mark the 25th anniversary of the album, Blue Rodeo released a 2-LP Vinyl remixed edition, called Outskirts Remix on November 27, 2012.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OUTSKIRTS

   The only garments which clothe many a metropolis with decency.

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1. outskirts

   near the outside/edge of a town (owt-skert)

   I went to the outskirt of my town

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on August 26, 2014  

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How to pronounce outskirts?

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How to say outskirts in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of outskirts in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of outskirts in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of outskirts in a Sentence

1. Ali Nur:

   A roadside bomb targeted an AU vehicle as the AU convoy passed in the outskirts of Marka today. We do not know details about casualties.

2. Edson Aparecido:

   Where people are dying is on the outskirts of the city. That's why social isolation is so important.

3. Thomas Cristofoletti:

   Even if traditional grand bazaars continue to be the favorite places to shop for regular Iranians, they now face competition from huge shopping malls, which were erected in the outskirts of major cities across the country.

4. New Horizons:

   New Horizons is on a journey to a new class of planets we've never seen, in a place we've never been before, for decades, we thought Pluto was this odd little body on the planetary outskirts; now we know it's really a gateway to an entire region of new worlds in the Kuiper Belt, and New Horizons is going to provide the first close-up look at them.

5. Ali Dalel Hirsi:

   (The American was caught) this morning on the outskirts of Barawe town.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=outskirts
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Outskirts
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=outskirts
5. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=outskirts
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=outskirts