outdoors - outdoor

outdoors - outdoor
◊ 'outdoors'
Outdoors is an adverb. If something happens outdoors, it does not happen inside any building.

He spent a good deal of his time outdoors.

School classes were held outdoors.

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When someone goes out of a building, you do not usually say that they go `outdoors'. You say that they go outside. See entry at ↑ outside.
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◊ 'outdoor'
Outdoor is an adjective used in front of a noun. You use it to describe things or activities that exist or take place in the open air, rather than inside a building.

...an outdoor play area.

American football is the most scientific of all outdoor games.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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