outdoor English · revision 6471

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1748}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /aʊtˈdɔː/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[out-]] and [[door]], from out-of-door, out-of-doors.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Done or used in the open air: 1748.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Out-of-door'' is from about 1800, and ''without-door'' from about 1200.^(Etymonline) Of a person, fond of open-air pursuits, it follows.^(SOED 2002)^(AHD) Compare [[indoor]].^(Etymonline) In Scots and western dialect outdoor was field work or farm labour.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – without-door.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1748 – outdoor.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

+ * c. 1800 – out-of-door.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Done, situated or used in the open air.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Fond of open-air activities: ''an outdoor type''.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[outdoors]]

+ * [[indoor]]

+ * [[door]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}