without

[ with-out, with- ]

preposition

1. 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.

2. free from; excluding:

   a world without hunger.

3. not accompanied by:

   Don't go without me.

4. at, on, or to the outside of; outside of:

   both within and without the house or the city.

5. beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition to within ):

   whether within or without the law.

adverb

1. in or into an exterior or outer place; outside.
2. outside a house, building, etc.:

   The carriage awaits without.

3. lacking something implied or understood:

   We must take this or go without.

4. as regards the outside; externally.

noun

1. the outside of a place, region, area, room, etc.

conjunction

1. Midland and Southern U.S. unless.

without

/ wɪˈðaʊt /

preposition

1. not having

   a traveller without much money

2. not accompanied by

   he came without his wife

3. not making use of

   it is not easy to undo screws without a screwdriver

4. foll by a verbal noun or noun phrase not, while not, or after not

   she can sing for two minutes without drawing breath

5. archaic.
   on the outside of

adverb

1. formal.
   outside; outwardly

conjunction

1. not_standard.
   unless

   don't come without you have some money

Word History and Origins

Origin of without¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English withouten, Old English withūtan (adverb and preposition); equivalent to with + out

Idioms and Phrases

• absent without leave
• do without
• get along without
• go without saying
• no smoke without fire

Example Sentences

The Florida version is also a tad longer, which results in some lengthier interstitial scenes without critters.

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It’s swifter, the animatronics are generally closer to us, and the slightly shorter ride time ensures there’s no elongated scenes without some critter action.

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But privacy advocates have raised alarms about the technology, alleging that the cameras track people without their consent and that the data stored on them can be vulnerable to bad actors.

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A police officer could in theory track where a person goes without requiring a search warrant or subpoena through the data collected by automated license plate readers, Maass said.

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Ben Olinsky, senior vice president of structural reform and governance at the liberal Center for American Progress, said that how the Senate handles this moment — where Trump is simultaneously putting forward deeply questionable candidates and demanding the Senate allow them to sail through without vetting — “will tell us a lot about what’s going to happen in the next couple of years.”

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