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A Writer's Dictionary:

without Definition


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without
prep
    1. Not having the company of someone.
      Example: She went home without him
    2. Deprived of someone or something.
      Example: He can't live without her
    3. Not having something.
      Example: a blue sky without a cloud
    4. Lacking something.
      Example: books without covers
    5. Not (behaving as expected or in a particular way).
      Example: answered without smiling
      Example: did it without being told
    6. Not giving or showing, etc something.
      Example: complied without a murmur
    7. Free from something.
      Example: admitted it without shame
    8. Not encountering (some possible circumstance).
      Example: managed without difficulty
      Example: completed the rescue without anyone getting hurt
    9. Not having (something required); in neglect of (a usual procedure).
      Example: entered without permission
      Example: imprisoned without trial
    10. Not using; not having the help of something.
      Example: opened it without a key
      Example: found our way without a map
    11. Not needing; while not doing or needing to do something.
      Example: swimming a length without coming up for air
    12. If it had not been for someone or something.
      Example: would have died without their help
    13. old use or literary
      Outside.
      Example: without the walls
adverb
    1. old use
      Outside.
      Example: He is without
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon withutan.



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