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outstanding [ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ] adj 1. superior; excellent; distinguished 2. prominent, remarkable, or striking 3. still in existence; unsettled, unpaid, or unresolved 4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) (of shares, bonds, etc.) issued and sold 5. projecting or jutting upwards or outwards outstandingly adv out•stand•ing (ˌaʊtˈstæn dɪŋ) adj. 1. prominent; conspicuous; striking: outstanding courage. 2. marked by superiority or distinction; excellent; distinguished: an outstanding student. 3. continuing in existence; remaining unpaid, unresolved, etc.: outstanding debts; outstanding questions on procedure. 4. standing out; projecting. [1605–15] out`stand′ing•ly, adv.
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outstanding adjective 1. excellent, good, great, important, special, fine, noted, champion, celebrated, brilliant, impressive, superb, distinguished, well-known, prominent, superior, first-class, exceptional, notable, world-class, exquisite, admirable, eminent, exemplary, first-rate, stellar (informal), superlative, top-notch (informal), mean (slang), pre-eminent, meritorious, estimable, tiptop, A1 or A-one (informal) an outstanding tennis player excellent ordinary, dull, pedestrian, inferior, insignificant, mediocre, run-of-the-mill, unimpressive, unexceptional, no great shakes (informal) 2. conspicuous, marked, striking, arresting, signal, remarkable, memorable, notable, eye-catching, salient, noteworthy an area of outstanding natural beauty 3. unpaid, remaining, due, owing, ongoing, pending, payable, unsettled, overdue, unresolved, uncollected, not discharged The total debt outstanding is $70 billion. 4. undone, left, not done, omitted, unfinished, incomplete, passed over, unfulfilled, not completed, unperformed, unattended to Complete any work outstanding from yesterday. Translations outstanding [aʊtˈstændɪŋ] ADJ 1. (= exceptional) [person, achievement, contribution, feature] → destacado; [beauty, performance, service] → excepcional, extraordinario; [example] → sobresaliente he was the most outstanding scientist of his generation → fue el científico más destacado de su generación an area of outstanding natural beauty → una zona de excepcional belleza natural outstanding [ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ] adj [person, work, record, example] → remarquable (= unresolved) [issues, problems] → en suspens outstanding adj (= exceptional) → hervorragend; talent, beauty, brilliance → außerordentlich, überragend; of outstanding ability → hervorragend or außerordentlich begabt; work of outstanding excellence → ganz ausgezeichnete Arbeit; of outstanding importance → von höchster Bedeutung; area of outstanding natural beauty (Brit) → Naturschutzgebiet nt → (von besonderer Schönheit) (= prominent, conspicuous) event → bemerkenswert; detail → auffallend; feature → hervorstechend, auffallend (Comm, Fin) business → unerledigt; amount, account, bill, interest → ausstehend; a lot of work is still outstanding → viel Arbeit ist noch unerledigt; are there any problems still outstanding? → gibt es noch irgendwelche ungeklärten Probleme?; outstanding debts → Außenstände pl 1. excellent; very good. an outstanding student. 2. not yet paid, done etc. You must pay all outstanding bills. outˈstandingly adverboutstandingly good. outstanding → معلق pozoruhodný fremragende hervorragend διακεκριμένος extraordinario erinomainen exceptionnel izvrstan eccezionale 傑出した 현저한 opmerkelijk framragende wyróżniający się excepcional выдающийся utomordentlig ที่ดีเยี่ยม mükemmel nổi bật 突出的 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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