outlying
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5ADJ.
inter-regional
VERB + OUTLYING
integrate, land, spread, transfers
OUTLYING + NOUN
regions, sections, towns, villages, whence
PREP.
from, with
ADV.
maybe
Definitions
adj
Relatively remote from some central location.
The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on.
Located outside of some boundary or limit.
When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.
noun
A region relatively remote from a central location.
The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial.
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6The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
WiktionaryDuring the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railw
WiktionaryLorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.
WiktionaryThe other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial.
WiktionaryA steep curve of heath-clad land, an outlying spur of the moor, lay in front of us.
Tatoeba · #6606597Manzoni outlines the mistakes that allowed the pestilence to spread, from the outlying villages of the contadini [peasants] to the Milanese.
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