WITHOUT Definition & Meaning

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without

[with-out, with-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 towithin ).
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

/ ��ɪˈð��ʊ�� /

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of without¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English withouten, Old English �ɾ��ٳ�ū�ٲ�� (adverb and preposition); equivalent to with + out

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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idioms beginning with without, also see absent without leave; do without; get along without; go without saying; no smoke without fire.

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Example Sentences

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These are complex dynamics without singular villains.

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So, if we want to get the birth rate up without trashing our economy, while also solving the problem of lonely, rootless, and aimless young men, let’s champion men who are involved fathers and start focusing more of our pronatalist energy on cultivating prosocial masculinity that expands the ambitions of young men.

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Agents picking up street vendors without warrants.

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The enforcement was part of a roving patrol in what John B. Mennell, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, said was a “lawful immigration enforcement operation” in which agents also arrested “without incident” an immigrant without legal status.

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Tomas De Jesus, Ramirez’s cousin and his attorney, said authorities are accusing him of “resisting arrest, assaulting people” after agents barged into a private business, “without a warrant, without a probable cause.”

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with open arms without a leg to stand on

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