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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 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

/ ��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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Word 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

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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So there is a very good chance you are reading this in a part of the country without any contests.

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A report found that the facility had gone decades without conducting criminal background checks on its staff.

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We ask people who spent the day without electricity about what helped them get on with life and what outage essentials they were missing.

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The power outage also led to an information blackout, as people spent the day without internet, ��sApp, calls, and TV.

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Samson Nacua, the older brother of Rams star Puka Nacua, has been slapped with a one-game suspension without pay by the United Football League after video showed the Michigan Panthers receiver slapping a fan at a game.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

with open arms without a leg to stand on

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