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Plural of outside

regular plural

The plural of outside is outsides.

Forms of outside

Singularoutside /aʊtˈsaɪd/
Pluraloutsides
Countablecountable

Outsides in a sentence

  • Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 120
  • Perhaps the largest group of outsides is those from the United States, often referred to as statesiders.1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, page 17. From the entry statesider
  • Yes, it was swollen, very sore around the cheekbones, with dried blood on the outsides of her eye sockets, below her nostrils, and below one ear.2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135. From the entry finger

Meaning of outside

  1. noun The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
  2. noun The external appearance of someone or something.
  3. noun The space beyond some limit or boundary.

Full definition of outside

Questions about the plural of outside

What is the plural of outside?
The plural of outside is outsides.
Is outside countable?
Outside is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outside (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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