without
//wɪðˈaʊt//
Definitions
1.Lacking something; failing.
- Whose can be used with a following noun or without.
- Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
- We've run out of bread; you'll have to do without until I can get to the bakeshop.
2.Without a condom being worn.
- “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex, straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.”
1.Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
- It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
- I was without formal education but was well read and articulate.
- Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema.
2.Not doing or not having done something.
- Without noticing it I grew old.
- He likes to eat everything without sharing.
- He shot without warning anyone.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #214
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English withoute, withouten, from Old English wiþūtan (literally “against the outside of”). By surface analysis, with- + out. Compare Dutch buiten (“outside of, without”), Danish uden (“without”), Swedish utan (“without”), Norwegian uten (“without”).