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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 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
/ wɪˈðaʊt /
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
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- absent without leave
- do without
- get along without
- go without saying
- no smoke without fire
Example Sentences
Back in the days when the dot-com frenzy was nearing its peak and I was covering high-tech full-time for this newspaper, scarcely a week passed without someone showing up in our newsroom offering a demonstration of a new consumer gizmo.
TiVos cost $399—but came with a $199 fee for a “lifetime” subscription, without which the thing wouldn’t work.
The industry dropped its lawsuit after SONICblue filed for bankruptcy and brought out a ReplayTV box without the skip-ahead button or other troublesome features.
It should go without saying that DVR technology has improved hugely since then.
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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