indoor English · revision 7992

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɪndɔː/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɪndoɹ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an alteration of within-door, from the phrase within door, in a building,^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) under the influence of [[in]];^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) it is formed with [[door]].^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Situated inside a building, as opposed to outdoor: the 1670s in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) 1711 in the OED and MWU.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle English the ideas were expressed by within walls and without walls.^(Etymonline) Within the workhouse or poorhouse, as ''indoor relief'', is from 1864.^(OED 1989) The form indoors is attested from 1759, and as an adverb from 1801;^(Etymonline) within-door is by the 1570s.^(Etymonline) In Yorkshire dialect an indoor was an inner porch of a cottage.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1570s – within-door.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1670s – indoor.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1759 – indoors.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1864 – within the workhouse.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Situated in, done in or suitable for the inside of a [[building]]: ''an indoor pool''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[indoors]]

+ * [[indoor baseball]]

+ * [[indoor soccer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[outdoor]]

+ * [[door]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}