Used in a Sentence

outland

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for outland.

Editorial note

The upside is that a lot of the work for Outland Games will carry forward with the engine and help future projects (including PA).

Examples11
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of outland gathered in one view.

adjective

Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.

adjective

Provincial: from a province (of the same land).

verb

(martial arts) To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for outland.

adjective

Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.

adjective

Provincial: from a province (of the same land).

verb

(martial arts) To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

adjective

(used with ethnic nationalities) Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.

Example sentences

1

The upside is that a lot of the work for Outland Games will carry forward with the engine and help future projects (including PA).

2

Outland Games is a much simpler game, but the PA engine is modular enough that we could scale down to mobile.

3

There was some noise about an "Outland Edition" coming out in 2026 but all I can find now is AI slop, so maybe that's not real or maybe that's not done yet.

4

They even had prototypes of a lot of places later added to the game (Outland, from the aformentioned expansion, the Emerald Dream, which is still not in the game, and several other zones).

5

In the case of "Red Dwarf", the genius was in having the ship be an ugly industrial environment in the vein of "Dark Star", "Alien", "Outland" etc.

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Examples includes Beetle Bailey (which has run continuously since the 70's), Hagar the Horrible (currently not being published), Calvin and Hobbes (which kept running for a few years after the new strips dried up), Opus (/Outland/Bloom Country), Ernie, The Far Side.

Quote examples

1

There was some noise about an "Outland Edition" coming out in 2026 but all I can find now is AI slop, so maybe that's not real or maybe that's not done yet.

2

In the case of "Red Dwarf", the genius was in having the ship be an ugly industrial environment in the vein of "Dark Star", "Alien", "Outland" etc.

Proper noun examples

1

Outland Games is a much simpler game, but the PA engine is modular enough that we could scale down to mobile.

2

They even had prototypes of a lot of places later added to the game (Outland, from the aformentioned expansion, the Emerald Dream, which is still not in the game, and several other zones).

3

Examples includes Beetle Bailey (which has run continuously since the 70's), Hagar the Horrible (currently not being published), Calvin and Hobbes (which kept running for a few years after the new strips dried up), Opus (/Outland/Bloom Country), Ernie, The Far Side.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use outland in a sentence?

The upside is that a lot of the work for Outland Games will carry forward with the engine and help future projects (including PA).

What does outland mean?

Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.

What part of speech is outland?

outland is commonly used as adjective, verb.