outstanding
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Britannica Dictionary definition of OUTSTANDING
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[more outstanding; most outstanding]
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extremely good or excellent
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Tonight we will honor the school's most outstanding students/teachers/athletes/performers.
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You did an outstanding job on the project.
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the outstanding quality of your work
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a wine that is outstanding in quality
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As a president, he was outstanding in many ways.
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Her novels are outstanding for their complex characters and interesting plots.
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The painting is an outstanding example of the artist's style.
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[more outstanding; most outstanding]
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easy to notice especially because of being important or very good
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There are some outstanding [=conspicuous] exceptions to this rule.
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Outstanding among the menu items were the tomato soup and the swordfish.
3
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not yet paid
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outstanding [=unpaid] bills
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She had several outstanding parking tickets in her car.
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He left a balance of 50 dollars outstanding on his account.
4
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continuing to exist
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It remains one of the long outstanding [=unresolved] problems in mathematics.
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There are several outstanding issues between the two countries.
— outstandingly
adverb [more outstandingly; most outstandingly]-
an outstandingly fine example of his work
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He played outstandingly.
