- indoors
- adverb Date: 1832 in or into a building
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Indoors — In doors , adv. Within the house; sometimes separated, {in doors}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indoors — [in′dôrz΄, in dôrz′] adv. [< within doors] in or into a house or other building … English World dictionary
indoors — [[t]ɪ̱ndɔ͟ː(r)z[/t]] ADV: be ADV, ADV after v If something happens indoors, it happens inside a building. Since she was indoors, she had not been wearing a coat... I think perhaps we should go indoors... Spend an evening indoors watching TV. Ant … English dictionary
indoors — indoor, indoors The adjective is indoor (indoor games) and is a shortening of an earlier form within door. Indoors is an adverb (Let s go indoors now) and represents an earlier form within doors … Modern English usage
indoors — in|doors [ˌınˈdo:z US o:rz] adv into or inside a building ≠ ↑outdoors ▪ Let s go indoors and have something to eat. ▪ It rained all day so we had to stay indoors … Dictionary of contemporary English
indoors — in|doors [ ın dɔrz ] adverb * in or into a building: I stayed indoors all day. Whatever are you doing indoors on such a lovely afternoon? ─ opposite OUTDOORS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
indoors — adverb into or inside a building: Let s go indoors and have something to eat. | It rained all afternoon, so we had to stay indoors. opposite outdoors 1 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
indoors */ — UK [ɪnˈdɔː(r)z] / US [ɪnˈdɔrz] adverb in or into a building I stayed indoors all day. Whatever are you doing indoors on such a lovely afternoon? … English dictionary
indoors — /in dawrz , dohrz /, adv. in or into a house or building: We stayed indoors during the storm. [1780 90; INDOOR + s1] * * * … Universalium
indoors — adv. Indoors is used with these verbs: ↑stay … Collocations dictionary
indoors — [ɪnˈdɔːz] adv in or into a building Ant: outdoors I stayed indoors all day.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
