outer
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- Rhymes: -aʊtə(r)
- Homophones: outta
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[edit] Adjective
outer (comparative outermore, superlative outermost)
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- Outside; external.
- Farther from the centre of the inside.
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[edit] Noun
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outer (plural outers)
- An outer part.
- (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.
[edit] Translations
- Swedish: yttre
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[edit] Etymology 2
out (verb) + -er (“‘agent suffix’”)
[edit] Noun
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outer (plural outers)
- Someone who admits to something publicly.
- Someone who outs another.