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   outskirts

   /ˈaʊtskəːts/

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   • 1. the outer parts of a town or city: "he built a new factory on the outskirts of Birmingham"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from out + skirt.

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   What is an outskirt in a city map?

   • Outskirts describes the outer edge of a city or town, farthest from the center but still technically part of that place. If you had a city map, you could draw a line on all sides where crowded streets filled with apartment building and businesses begin to give way to single-family houses and country roads.

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   What is outskirts?

   • the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre on the outskirts (of something) They live on the outskirts of Milan. Definition of outskirts noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does “on the outskirts of” mean?

   • The expression is “on the outskirts of”. It means, far from the center of a town or a city. If you look in a dictionary, you’ll see two definitions. One means, at the edge of a city. And if you believe that definition, that means “the outskirts” of a city is within city limits, but out near the border.

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   What is the difference between suburbs and outskirts?

   • Some people like to live downtown. Others prefer the open spaces of the suburbs. But if you live in between the two, you are in the outskirts, the place where the city ends and the suburbs begin. Outskirts describes the outer edge of a city or town, farthest from the center but still technically part of that place.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › outskirtsTHE OUTSKIRTS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   the areas that form the edge of a town or city: The factory is in/on the outskirts of New Delhi. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities. anti-development. arrondissement. backstreets. borough. botanic garden. business park. Chinatown. housing estate. industrial estate. inner ring. marketplace. midtown.

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   : a part remote from the center : border usually used in plural. on the outskirts of town. Synonyms. environs. purlieus. suburbia. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of outskirt in a Sentence. some people prefer to live on the outskirts and work inside the city.

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   Outskirts definition: outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc, as of a city. See examples of OUTSKIRTS used in a sentence.

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   Outskirts are the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre. Learn how to use this word in sentences, how to pronounce it and what synonyms and collocations it has.

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   Outskirt definition: the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like. See examples of OUTSKIRT used in a sentence.

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   Outskirts describes the outer edge of a city or town, farthest from the center but still technically part of that place. If you had a city map, you could draw a line on all sides where crowded streets filled with apartment building and businesses begin to give way to single-family houses and country roads.

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   Outskirt definition: the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like.