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Outskirts

//ˈaʊtskɝts// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The area surrounding a city or town; suburb. plural, plural-normally

    "He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time."

  2. 2
    plural of outskirt form-of, plural
  3. 3
    outlying areas (as of a city or town) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of outskirt form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

From out- + skirts.

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