Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town.
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Outskirt
//ˈaʊtskɝt//
Synonyms for "outskirt" (3 found)
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32 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- ضَاحِيَة noun (periphery)
- مَشَارِف noun (periphery)
Catalan
1 entries- afores noun (periphery)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 郊區 /郊区 noun (periphery)
- 郊外 noun (periphery)
Czech
2 entries- okraj noun (periphery)
- předměstí noun (periphery)
Danish
1 entries- udkant noun (periphery)
Finnish
1 entries- laitakaupunginosa noun (periphery)
French
1 entries- banlieue noun (periphery)
German
4 entries- Außenbereich noun (periphery)
- Außenbezirk noun (periphery)
- Randbereich noun (periphery)
- Randbezirk noun (periphery)
Hindi
4 entries- उपांत noun (periphery)
- किनारा noun (periphery)
- बाह्यांचल noun (periphery)
- सिवान noun (periphery)
Hungarian
1 entries- külváros noun (periphery)
Icelandic
1 entries- útjaðar noun (periphery)
Italian
1 entries- periferia noun (periphery)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- ājâilè noun (periphery)
Norwegian
1 entries- utkant noun (periphery)
Portuguese
1 entries- periferia noun (periphery)
Russian
1 entries- окра́ина noun (periphery)
Spanish
1 entries- afueras noun (periphery)
Swedish
1 entries- utkant noun (periphery)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I told her of my plan to take John into an urban outskirt area for the purpose of retrieving some vital technical manuals.
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The outskirt communities were originally established as labor camps for railroad workers, farm and ranch hands.
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Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week
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