Outstanding
[aʊt'stændɪŋ] or ['aʊt'stændɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; 'an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom'; 'a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book'; 'salient traits'; 'a spectacular rise in prices'; 'a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center'; 'a striking resemblance between parent and child' .
(adj.) owed as a debt; 'outstanding bills'; 'the amount still owed'; 'undischarged debts' .
(adj.) distinguished from others in excellence; 'did outstanding work in human relations'; 'an outstanding war record' .
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Definition
(a.) That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.
Typist: Winfred
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unsettled, unpaid, owing, due.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unappropriated, uncollected, ungathered
ANT:Appropriated, collected, gathered
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Examples
- The family had left that part a week before; they had called in such trifling debts as were outstanding, discharged them, and left the place by night. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Yet it takes no outstanding powers of judgement to wake this distinction. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The outstanding feature of the tank, he said, was that it made mechanical transport independent of the roads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The outstanding capitalized value of the plant was $814,616,004, the income for the year was nearly $185,000,000, and the people employed were 140,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His whole face sharpened away into nose and chin, and the skin of his cheeks was drawn quite tense over his outstanding bones. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown (the gentleman with whom Rawdon had the outstanding whist account) had been talking about the Colonel just before he came in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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