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without

[with-out, with-]

preposition

  1. 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.

  2. free from; excluding.

    a world without hunger.

  3. not accompanied by.

    Don't go without me.

  4. at, on, or to the outside of; outside of.

    both within and without the house or the city.

  5. beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition towithin ).

    whether within or without the law.



adverb

  1. in or into an exterior or outer place; outside.

  2. outside a house, building, etc..

    The carriage awaits without.

  3. lacking something implied or understood.

    We must take this or go without.

  4. as regards the outside; externally.

noun

  1. the outside of a place, region, area, room, etc.

conjunction

  1. Midland and Southern U.S.,  unless.

without

/ wɪˈðaʊt /

preposition

  1. not having

    a traveller without much money

  2. not accompanied by

    he came without his wife

  3. not making use of

    it is not easy to undo screws without a screwdriver

  4. (foll by a verbal noun or noun phrase) not, while not, or after not

    she can sing for two minutes without drawing breath

  5. archaic,  on the outside of

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adverb

  1. formal,  outside; outwardly

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conjunction

  1. not_standard,  unless

    don't come without you have some money

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Word History and Origins

Origin of without1

First recorded before 900; Middle English withouten, Old English withūtan (adverb and preposition); equivalent to with + out
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Example Sentences

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When Garland finally agreed to do so, he requested only that the funds be disbursed “as quickly as possible, and to ‘unpopular’ causes, without regard to race, creed, or color.”

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