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Complete Definition of "without"

English

rank|came|men|come|109|without|make|def|might

Etymology
Late Old English wiþutan|wiþūtan.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK&General American|US) IPA|/wɪðˈaʊt/, SAMPA|/wID"aUt/
audio|en-us-without.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: with·out

Adverb
without

  1. (archaic or literary) outside, externally

#* 1904: I knew that someone had entered the house cautiously from without. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez’ (Norton 2005, p.1100)
Category:English adverbs
Preposition
without

  1. (archaic or literary) Outside of, beyond

#: The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within.
#: Life goes on within you and without you. - George Harrison - Sgt Pepper

  1. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.; abbreviation: w/o; compare w/ for with.

#: It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
#: Life goes on within you and without you. - George Harrison - Sgt Pepper

Synonyms
lacking
outwith
with no
-less

Antonyms
outside
within
not having
with
having
characteristic of
endowed with

Translations
trans-top|not having
Albanian: pa
Arabic: ARchar|بدون (bedú:n)
Armenian: առանց (arrants)
Basque: gabe, barik
Bosnian: bez#Bosnian|bez
Breton: hep
Bulgarian: без
Catalan: sense
Chinese: 沒有, 没有 (méiyǒu)
Croatian: bez
Czech: bez
Danish: uden
Dutch: zonder
Esperanto: sen
Estonian: ilma + -ta (abessive case)
Finnish: ilman, -tta/-ttä (abessive case), vailla
French: sans
German: ohne
Greek: χωρίς (khorís), δίχως (dhíkhos), άνευ (ánef)
Greek, Ancient: ἄνευ (áneu)
Hawaiian: nele, ʻole
Hungarian: nélkül
trans-mid
Interlingua: sin
Italian: senza
Japanese: ...なしで (...nashide)
Korean: ...없이 (...eopsi)
Latin: sine
Kurdish: bê
Persian: FAchar|بی (bi)
Pitjantjatjara: wiya
Polish: bez#Polish|bez
Portuguese: sem
Romanian: fără
Russian: без#Russian|без (bez)
Serbian:

Slovene: brez
Spanish: sin
Swedish: utan
Turkish: siz
Vietnamese: không có
Welsh: heb

Category:English prepositions

ast:without
es:without
fr:without
gl:without
ko:without
io:without
it:without
ku:without
hu:without
ja:without
pl:without
pt:without
sr:without
fi:without
ta:without
te:without
vi:without
tr:without
zh:without

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