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without
[ with-out, with- ]
preposition
- with the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking:
without help; without shoes; 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.
adverb
- 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.
noun
- the outside of a place, region, area, room, etc.
conjunction
- Midland and Southern U.S. unless.
without
/ ɪˈðʊ /
preposition
- 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
- foll 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
adverb
- formal.outside; outwardly
conjunction
- not_standard.unless
don't come without you have some money
yvlog History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- absent without leave
- do without
- get along without
- go without saying
- no smoke without fire
Example Sentences
Theoretically, Nike is such a big brand that it should be able to put up prices without it hitting their sales, he says, but adds: "Do they have it right now is the question and do they have it across their product offering is another?"
“We’re talking about an oppressed world, a world without hope, a world without joy, and therefore, a world without color,” Ezban says.
Bonta’s suit relied on the Administrative Procedure Act, which forbids agencies from abruptly changing their regulatory policies without a clear and reasonable explanation.
But a future without Agoa – for Lesotho and others – presents big challenges.
He thinks countries, like Kenya, that have the new tariffs set at 10% could still try to hold ground in the US market, with the exporters and their American importers negotiating how to absorb the new taxes without raising prices for the consumer too much.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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