wɪˈðaut prep. & adv. --prep. 1
not having,
feeling, or
showing (came without
any money; without hesitation; without any emotion). 2
with freedom from (without
fear; without embarrassment). 3 in
the absence of (cannot live without
you; the
train left without us). 4 with
neglect or avoidance of (do not leave without
telling me). °Use as a conj., as in do not leave without you tell
me, is
non-standard. 5
archaic outside (without the
city wall). --adv. archaic or
literary 1 outside (seen from without). 2
out of doors (remained shivering without). 3 in
outward appearance (rough without but kind within). 4 outside the city walls (Bishopsgate without). øwithout
end infinite,
eternal. [OE withutan (as WITH, utan from outside, formed as OUT)]