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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024with•out /wɪðˈaʊt, wɪθ-/USA pronunciation prep. - with no or none of;
lacking:He did it without help. - free from;
excluding:a world without hunger. - not accompanied by:Don't go without me.
- at, on, or to the outside of:both within and without the city.
adv. - outside.
- outdoors.
- lacking something implied or understood:For years they were too poor and simply had to go without.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024with•out (wiᵺ out′, with-),USA pronunciation prep. - with the absence, omission, or avoidance of;
not with;
with no or none of;
lacking:without help; without her helping me;without him to help. - free from;
excluding:a world without hunger. - not accompanied by:Don't go without me.
- at, on, or to the outside of;
outside of:both within and without the house or the city. - beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition to within):whether within or without the law.
adv. - in or into an exterior or outer place;
outside. - outside a house, building, etc.:The carriage awaits without.
- lacking something implied or understood:We must take this or go without.
- as regards the outside;
externally.
n. - the outside of a place, region, area, room, etc.
conj. - Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S.]unless.
- Middle English withouten, Old English withūtan (adverb, adverbial and preposition), equivalent. to with with + -ūtan from without, equivalent. to ūt out + -an suffix of motion from bef. 900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: without /wɪˈðaʊt/ prep - not having: a traveller without much money
- not accompanied by: he came without his wife
- not making use of: it is not easy to undo screws without a screwdriver
- (followed by a verbal noun or noun phrase) not, while not, or after not: she can sing for two minutes without drawing breath
- archaic on the outside of
adv - formal outside; outwardly
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