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Meaning of exterior | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə

Definitions

  1. The outside part, parts or surface of something.
  2. Foreign lands.
  3. on or from the outside; outer. an exterior wall of a house. buitekant خارِجي външен exterior vnější Außen-... udvendig; ydre; yder- εξωτερικόςexterior välis- بیرونی؛ خارجی ulkoinen extérieurחיצוני बाहरी vanjski külső dari luar ytri esterno 外の 외부의 išorinis ārpuses-; ārējs luaran buitensteutvendig, ytter-, utvorteszewnętrzny بهرنى exterior exte­rior внешний vonkajší zunanji spoljni yttre, utvändig ภายนอก dışarıdan, dış 外部的 зовнішній باہر سے ، باہری bên ngoài 外部的
  4. the outside (of something or someone). On the exterior she was charming, but she was known to have a violent temper. uiterlik الخارِج външен вид exterior zevnějšek das Äußere yderside το εξωτερικό μέρος, η εξωτερική εμφάνιση exterior välisilme ظاهر ulkopuoli extérieur צָד חִיצוֹנִי बाह्यरूप vani, vanjština külső bagian luar yfirborð, ytra borð esterno 外面 외부 išorė āriene; ārpuse luaran buitenkantytre, eksteriør zewnętrzna strona/część ظاهر.ښكاره exterior (din) ex­te­rior внешность zovňajšok, v...
  5. exterior, externo-a; visible.
  6. Outer; external: the exterior door.
  7. Originating or acting from the outside: exterior influences on the negotiations.
  8. Suitable for use outside: an exterior paint.
  9. A part or a surface that is outside: the exterior of the house.
  10. An external or outward appearance: a friendly exterior.
  11. A representation of the outdoors for use on a soundstage or in a theater: The artist painted exteriors for the film.
  12. a part, surface, or region that is on the outside

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Examples

“The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package”
“Before dissecting a shark to see how it manages to function so effectively, let us first examine its exterior.”
“[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.”
“She is our new minister of the exterior”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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