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Definition: Outstanding |
OutstandingAdjective1. Distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record". 2. Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child". 3. Of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century". 4. Owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "outstanding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
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Business | Uncollected or unpaid: said of an account or note receivable or payable or of a check sent to the payee but not yet cleared against the drawee bank. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: OutstandingSynonyms: great (adj), owed (adj), owing(p) (adj), prominent (adj), salient (adj), spectacular (adj), striking (adj), undischarged (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: o's (language). |
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Accounts | Books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book; journal; debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account; account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts. |
Debt | Unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear, outstanding; past due. |
Exteriority | Extraregarding; excentric, eccentric; outstanding; extrinsic; ecdemic, exomorphic. |
Remainder | Adjective:remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off; superfluous; (redundant). |
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Screenplays | Outstanding! Those individuals showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do. And before you ladies leave my Island, you will all be able to do the same thing (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) This is a second notice for outstanding parking tickets (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.) Mmm. Outstanding gloots (Generation X; writing credit: Eric Blakeney) Anyway, I'm applying because it's an outstanding university, not because the students engage in the rectal transport of steel rods (Is It College Yet?; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) I don't know why they call them outstanding checks as if not being paid is somehow a good thing (The Man from Elysian Fields; writing credit: Phillip Jayson Lasker) | |
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 | The refurbished HST has provided this outstanding image of the nuclear region of the galaxy ... Credit: NASA. |  | Penny DeFino was recognized as one of 18 outstanding Department of Defense employees with disabilities recently. DeFino works as a Unix system administrator for the Defense Information Systems Agency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (Courtesy pho. |
 | Programs at Yaquina Head Outstanding National Area accessible tidepools. Credit: Tom Iracci. |  | Malheur Maar in the Diamond Craters Outstanding Natural Area near Diamond, Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Aerial shot of the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. Credit: ODF&W. |  | Entrance sign to Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. Credit: Michael Noack. |
 | Tidepooling at Cobble Beach at the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. Credit: BLM. |  | Winter evening light/shadows at Diamond Craters Outstanding Natural area. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Lava cinder cone in desert area. Diamond Craters Outstanding Natural Area. Credit: Unknown. |  | Acrylic painting of a Canada Goose by Robert Hautman, 205 N. Union Terrace Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441. The goose is standing on reeds by a Minnesota lake with feathers ruffling in the wind and sun. Bob's outstanding achievements also include 1995 Minnesota Pheasant Stamp, the 1992 and 1993 Minnesota State Duck Stamp, and the 1989 Nevada State Duck Stamp. Other honors include the Ducks Unlimited Flyway artist in 1996 and the featured artist at the prestigious Michigan Wildlife art show in 1990. As the third Hautman brother to win the Federal Duck Stamp Competition, Bob was the second place winner in the 1994 contest when his brother Jim won with a pair of mallards depicted on the 1995 stamp. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
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Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Today, in contrast, many Negroes have achieved outstanding success in the arts and sciences as well as in the business and professional world. (reference) |
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Health | Researchers also are making outstanding progress in devising neural prostheses that can substitute for some of the functions lost after spinal cord injury. (references) | |
The Institutes have recruited outstanding scientists to lead research programs in this area. One consequence, for example, is that the resources of the NIH Intramural program have been used to expedite clinical trials of gentamicin therapy of DMD and to discuss the implications of findings so far with this strategy. (references) | ||
Business | Several other cases remain outstanding. (references) | |
Egypt is an outstanding potential market for foreign firms. (references) | ||
In July 1998 the system recorded 75.1 billion pesos in outstanding loans. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | Citizens are free to travel abroad and to emigrate, provided they have no outstanding military obligations and are not restricted by administrative order. (references) |
Bulgaria | The head of the Office on Restitution Issues said that the list of outstanding claims was shorter during the year, and that the law permits resolution of claims if a timely filing is made. (references) | |
Croatia | Improvements in the refugee clearance process instituted in 2000 successfully eliminated arrests of those returnees who were advised beforehand by the Interior Ministry that they had no outstanding legal processes. (references) | |
Economic History | Costa Rica | However, several important cases remain outstanding. (references) |
Zambia | Invitation of offers for immediate sale is outstanding. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Natural resources: Outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar. (references) | |
Human Rights | Honduras | Four other suspects with outstanding arrest warrants against them remained at large at year's end. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | At year's end, 27 arrest warrants remained outstanding out of 110 public indictments issued by the ICTY. (references) | |
Colombia | Prosecutors also have an outstanding warrant for the detention of one other paramilitary member in the Trujillo I case. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | Native groups in the west that never signed historical treaties continue to claim land and resources, and many continue to seek legal resolution of outstanding issues. (references) |
Minorities | Ghana | The two groups agreed on solutions to a number of outstanding issues and resolved to use dialog to address future disagreements. (references) |
Russia | On November 5, the President also ordered Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov to crack down on interethnic violence, and police made arrests in several outstanding cases. (references) | |
Political Economy | BAHRAIN | The current outstanding amount is $504 million in total. (references) |
MALAYSIA | CDRC leadership has pledged to resolve outstanding cases by August 2002. (references) | |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Several investors have outstanding disputes concerning expropriated property. (references) | |
Political Rights | Angola | In 1999 the Government declared Savimbi a war criminal and issued a warrant for his arrest; the warrant remained outstanding at year's end. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | Emile Constant Bombet, PDCI candidate and former Minister of State for Interior and Decentralization, was disqualified because he faced outstanding charges of abuse of office from when he was Minister. (references) | |
United Kingdom | Also in July, the British and Irish Governments issued a blueprint--the Weston Park Document--mandating steps for the parties and Governments to address outstanding problems in implementing the agreement. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | Free Trade Zones offer outstanding advantages to importers. (references) |
Egypt | The guarantee can reach up to 80% of the importer's outstanding debt. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | ExIm is one of Uzbekistan's largest creditors, with about $1 billion in outstanding loans. (references) | |
Travel | Colombia | Business cocktails and official receptions are common events and are used as opportunities to make contacts and discuss outstanding business. (references) |
Chad | All subscribers must pay a service deposit of USD 400; this deposit is refundable upon termination of the contract, less any outstanding balance due. (references) | |
Greece | Greek residents need a certificate from the tax authorities confirming that they have no outstanding tax obligations in order to export foreign currency exceeding the equivalent of 10,000 EUROs. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Many workers have outstanding claims for payment of salaries and pensions. (references) |
El Salvador | In April TELECOM and SUTTEL signed an agreement to address outstanding issues in their dispute. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | In April and May, international and domestic labor organizations strongly criticized war veterans for conducting a campaign of threats and violence against urban business managers who had outstanding disputes with workers, some as far as back as 7 years. (references) | |
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Ann Richards | Well, of course, I'm excited because Ron Kirk used to be my secretary of state, and I think he's an outstanding man. And he was an outstanding mayor of Dallas, and I think he's going to make an incredibly able senator. |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | On the contrary, the record of economic stabilization during the war and during the period of reconversion has been an outstanding accomplishment. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The completion of the commitment on both sides and the achievement of a peaceful solution to the Cuban crisis might well open the door to the solution of other outstanding problems. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I will soon assemble a panel of outstanding experts of this Nation to search out answers to the national problem of crime and delinquency, and I welcome the recommendations and the constructive efforts of the Congress. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | As one of our Nation's most outstanding leaders, it is appropriate that his birthday be commemorated as a national holiday. |
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| "Outstanding" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Outstanding" is used about 3,007 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3,007 | 3,113 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "outstanding": amount outstanding ♦ be outstanding ♦ debenture outstanding ♦ of outstanding merit ♦ outstanding account ♦ outstanding balance ♦ outstanding debt ♦ outstanding debts ♦ outstanding film ♦ outstanding job ♦ outstanding landmark ♦ outstanding performance ♦ outstanding person ♦ outstanding success ♦ outstanding work ♦ outstanding writer. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "outstanding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | agterstallig (back, overdue, unpaid). (various references) | |
Albanian | i vonuar (behindhand, belated, blunt, delayed, detained, dilatory, late, latecomer, overdue, slow, tardy), i shquar (conspicuous, dignified, distinguished, eminent, illustrious, inspected, ladylike, laureate, notable, noted, noteworthy, pre eminent, prize, remarkable), i papaguar (back, delinquent, undischarged, unfeed, unpaid, unsettled), i famshëm (celebrated, famed, famous, glorious, great, illustrious, noted, renowned), i diskutueshëm (contentious, controversial, debatable, litigious, moot, problematic, questionable), i dalë (knobby, prominent, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient). (various references) | |
Arabic | ناتئ (beetle, bunchy, cantilever, eminent, projecting, prominent, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient), ظاهر (apparent, conspicuous, evident, evidential, manifest, obvious, patent, seeming, visible), رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), جارية (ongoing), خالدة, سائدة, لامع (blazing, bright, brilliant, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glistering, glittering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shining, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkle, sparkling, star, staring), بارز (beetle, conspicuous, distinct, distinguished, duel, eminent, featured, fence, great, in the first flight, lofty, memorable, monumental, noble, notable, noticeable, pointed, profile, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protruding, protuberant, remarkable, salient, signal, striking, uncommon), لم تحسم بعد, في الإنتظار (pending), مبرز (excelling, pre eminent, surpassing), مرموق (eminent, notable), معلقة, متأخر (arrear, back, behindhand, belated, late, overdue, slow, tardy), متفوق (ascendant, eminent, excellent, pre eminent, superior), ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), لم تدفع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спорен (argumentative, attackable, contentious, controversial, debatable, disputable, litigious, moot, problematic), висящ (flying, in suspense, open, pendant, pendent, pending, pendulous, pensile), виден (conspicuous, distinguished, grand, high ranking, illustrious, notable, noted, pre eminent, prominent, top drawer), очебиен (conspicuous, flagrant, gross, pronounced, remarkable, salient, transparent), отличителен (differential, discriminating, discriminative, discriminatory, distinctive, racy), неуреден (unsettled), неизпълнен (unexecuted, unfulfilled, unredeemed), неизплатен (delinquent, undischarged, unpaid, unredeemed, unsettled), бележит (distinguished, notable, noted, pre eminent, prominent, redoubtable), изтъкнат (distinguished, eminent, high ranking, leading, notable, prominent, ranking), изпъкнал (bossy, bulging, bunchy, convex, eminent, goggle, projecting, projective, prominent, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient, swelling), издаден (bold, pendent, prognathous, projecting, projective, prominent, protrusive, protuberant, salient, swelling, swollen). (various references) | |
Chinese | 逸 (escape, leisurely), 著 (apply, book, catch, ignited, -ing, part. indicates accompanying action, plan, receive, settlement, suffer, to contact, to make known, to prove, to show, to touch, to use, to wear, to write), 顯著 (notable, remarkable), 顯目 (conspicuous), 翹 (to raise), 出色 (remarkable), 尤 (especially, particularly), 優秀 (excellent), "着, " , 不同凡響 (out of the common run, out of the ordinary). (various references) | |
Czech | vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, excellent, exquisite, fine, magnificent, notable, preeminent, prize, prominent, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), význaèný (distinguished), nezaplacený (owing, unpaid, unsettled), nevykonaný (unperformed), nevyřízený (pending, unfinished, unsettled), nápadný (conspicuous, garish, gaudy, glaring, jazzy, loud, noticeable, ostentatious, prominent, remarkable, showy, spectacular, sporty, striking). (various references) | |
Danish | obligationslån (bond, bond issue, bond loan, debenture loan, debenture outstanding, loan stock, long-term bond), obligationer i cirkulation (outstanding bonds, quoted bonds), udstedt værdipapir (issued security, outstanding security), tilgodehavende (account receivable, debt receivable, outstanding debt), saldo (amount outstanding, balance), rubrikken forsikringstekniske reserver omfatter de aktuarmaessige reserver til daekning af loebende risici,praemiereserver,reserver til daekning af bonusforpligtelser over for forsikringstagere samt erstatningsreserver (prepayment of premiums, reserves for with-profits insurance and reserves against unsettled claims.These reserves are considered as liabilities of the institutions concerned., The heading insurance technical reserves covers actuarial reserves against outstanding risks), de aktuarmæssige reserver til dækning af løbende risici hos forsikringsselskaberne kan være:-nettoreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af nettopræmierne;-statusreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af præmier plus alle forsikringsselskabernes administrative om (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is). (various references) | |
Dutch | onbetaald (back, overdue, unpaid), achterstallig (back, overdue, unpaid). (various references) | |
Esperanto | nepagita (back, overdue). (various references) | |
Farsi | قلنبه (Baggy, Bloc, Block, Bombastic, Hunch, Lump, Lumpy, Nub, Pone, Sonorous, Stilted, Stodgy), واریزنشده (Open), برجسته (Boss, Dominant, Egregious, Eminent, Illustrious, Laureate, Masterwork, Palmary, Palmy, Predominant, Prime, Profile, Prominent, Saleint, Swell, Tyupical). (various references) | |
Finnish | suorittamaton (unexecuted, unpaid, unsettled), merkittävä (notable, noteworthy, remarkable), huomattava (considerable, conspicuous, marked, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, perceptible, prominent, remarkable). (various references) | |
French | impayé, arriéré, dominant, en suspens, encours, exceptionnel (out of the ordinary, out of this world), éminent, hors du commun, sublime (outreaching), mémorable, marquant, non encore réglé, passéiste, recouvrer/ , remarquable, hors de série. (various references) | |
Frisian | efterstallich (back, overdue, unpaid). (various references) | |
German | offen (ajar, apertured, blatantly, candid, candidly, clear, direct, exposed, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, free spoken, ingenuous, ingenuously, loose, low, naked, open, open-hearted, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly, pitched, plainly, raw, sincere, sincerely, straightforward, unconcealed, undecided, undetermined, undone, unfilled, unharbored, unhidden, unreservedly, unrestrained, unsealed, unsettled, upfront, vacant), unerledigt (pending, unadjusted, unanswered, unattended, undone, unfinished, unfulfilled, unsettled), unbezahlt (owing, uncompensated, undischarged, unliquidated, unpaid, unsalaried, unsatisfied, unsettled), säumig (belated, defaulting, delinquent, dilatory, overdue, tardy), rückständig (antiquated, back, backward, backwardly, in arrears, overdue, residual, under developed, unenlightened), laufend (constantly, continually, current, currently, ongoing, present, proceeding, regular, routine, running, runny, trending), hervorstechend (salient, striking), hervorragend (beautiful, beautifully, brilliant, bully, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, excellent, excellently, jutting, magnificent, magnificently, outstandingly, pre eminent, preeminent, pre-eminently, projecting, protruding, salient, saliently, splendid, splendidly, superb, superbly, superior, superlative, surpassing, surpassingly, transcendent, vintage), bemerkenswert (conspicuous, memorably, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, observable, observably, remarkable, remarkably, signal, signally, striking, strikingly, worthy of remark), auffallend (colorful, colourful, conspicuous, conspicuously, flamboyantly, flaring, garishly, near, notable, notably, noticeable, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, showy, stagily, stagy, striking, strikingly), außerordentlich (associate, eminently, enormously, exceeding, exceedingly, excellent, exceptional, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extraordinary, extremely, formidable, greatly, prodigious, prodigiously, remarkable, singularly), Außenstände (accounts receivable, receivables), überragend (outreaching, paramount, pre eminent, preeminent, superior, superlative, superlatively, transcendent). (various references) | |
Greek | σημαντικόσ (considerable, conspicuous, handsome, material, notable, semantic, sententious, significant), ξεχωριστόσ (distinct, distinctive, separate, special), εκκρεμήσ (pendent, pending, pendulous), εξαιρετικόσ (exceptional, special), εξαιρετικός (exceptional), διαπρεπήσ (distinguished, eminent, pre eminent). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מצוין (capital, distinguished, eminent, excellent, fine, ripping, shining, spanking, splendid, sterling, superb, surpassing, swell), "'ול (distinguished, eminent, great, hoisting the flag, notable, praising, preeminent, prominent, raising the banner), בולט (noticeable, prominent, protruding, protrusive, salient, signal, staring), טרם פרע. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kimagasló (commanding, eminent, paramount, pre eminent, pre-eminent, surpassing). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terkenal (fame, famous, illustrious, renowned). (various references) | |
Italian | sporgente (bulging, jutting, prominent, protrudent, protruding, protrusive, protuberant), rilevante (considerable, considerably, important, relevant, sensible), prominente (prominent, protrusive), pendente (aweigh, hanging, leaning, Loppy, pendant, pendulous), notevole (arresting, big, considerable, marked, notable, noticeable, observable, remarkable, remerkable, respected, signal, sizable, substantial), inevaso, in sospeso (pending), in arretrato, eccezionale (bumper, cool, exception, exceptional, exeption, extraordinary, extreme, remarkable, swell, terrific), arretrato (arrear, arrearage, arrears, back, backlock, backward, backwardly, behindhand, residue, stuffy, under developed, underdeveloped). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 秀抜 (superb), 未収 (accrued), 未決算 , 未決済 , 尤なる (superb), 屈指 (foremost, leading, one of the best, preeminent), アウストロネシア語族 (Austronesian languages, autarchy, highway, out, out boxing, out count, out of bounds, out of fashion, out wear, outback, outdoor, outdoor game, outdoor life, outdoor shop, outdoor sports, outdrive, outer, outer space, Outerior, outerwear, out-of-date, outpocket, output, outside corner, outside pitch, outside track, outsider, out-sourcing), 不凡 (uncommon). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くっし (foremost, leading, one of the best, preeminent), しゅうばつ (superb), ふぼ" (strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate, uncommon), ゆうなる (superb), アウトスタンディング , みしゅう (accrued), みけっさい, みけっさ". (various references) | |
Korean | 걸출한. (various references) | |
Manx | mooie (abroad, exterior, external, extraneous, out, outboard, outdoors, outer, outward, owing, without), gyn eeck (uncleared, uncleared of debt), ard-yindyssagh (amazing, fantastic, phenomenal, splendid). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | outstandingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | saliente (beetle, beetling, goggle, prominent, protruding, protuberant, salient, tumid), saliência (buckle, burr, calk, jut, knurl, lug, projection, prominence, prominency, protrusion, protuberance, relief, salience), prominente, projeção (jut, projection, salience), proeminente (beetle, paramount, prominent, salient, standout, topping), por saldar (off-balance, unbalanced, unpaid), marcante, ilustre (honorable, honourable, illustrate, illustrious, notable, shining), facilmente notado, bem conhecido (noted, well-known). (various references) | |
Romanian | remarcabil (considerable, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, notable, notably, noteworthy, observable, prominent, remarkable, remarkably, salient, uncommon, unusual), nerezolvat (indeterminate, open, pendent, pending, unsettled, unsolved), neachitat (unpaid, unsatisfied), important (big, consequential, considerable, goodly, grave, great, high, high-class, important, interesting, momentous, prime, relevant, serious, significant, significative, substantial, weighty), excepţional (awful, beyond compare, exceptional, exceptionally, exceptive, extraordinary, felicitous, fine, highly satisfactory, rarely, smashing, special, topping, uncommon, wonderfully), eminent (conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, excellent, great, remarkable, superlative), de seamã (notable, noted), întârziat (back, backward, be late, behind time, behindhand, belated, benighted, lagging, late, overdue, slow witted, tardy), în suspensie (unsettled). (various references) | |
Russian | выступающий (obtrusive, prominent, protrusive, salient, superincumbent), выдающийся;неуплаченный, выдающийся (brilliant, distinguished, drop-dead, egregious, eminent, foremost, high-profile, man of distinction, man of mark, man of note, notable, noted, pre-eminencent, pre-eminent, prognathous, prominent, protruding, remarkable, salient), неуплаченный, невыполненный (unacted, undischarged, unexecuted, unfulfilled, unperformed, unrealized), незаурядный (out of the common, uncommon), недюжинный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | neplaćen (unpaid, unsettled), nenamiren, izvanredan (extraordinary, masterly, nifty, raving, remarkable, spanking, super, superb, terrific, whacking), izrazit (distinct, expressive), istaknut (featured, great, posted, preeminent, prominent, salient, well-marked). (various references) | |
Spanish | sobresaliente (banner, conspicuous, distinction, exuberant, leaded, leading, palmary, protruding, protrusive, salient, substitute, topflight), relevante (relevant), pendiente (abruptness, acclivity, bank, Bob, Catkin, clevis, descent, dip, drop, ear-drop, earring, grade, hanging, incline, pendant, pendent, pending, pitch, slope, unsettled, upgrade), no resuelto (unresolved, unsolved), extraordinario (exceeding, extra, extraordinary, greatly, remarkable, special, special dish, supplementary, uncommon, unusual, vintage), excepcional (banner, exceptionable, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, rare, singular, unusual), destacado (drafted, famous, great, important, leading, lurid, prominent, salient, towering, well known), culminante (outreaching), cuenta por pagar (unsettled), atrasado (back, backward, backwardly, behindhand, belated, late, mentally deficient, overdue, retarded, slow, under developed). (various references) | |
Swedish | enastående (eminent, exceptionally, exquisite, extremely, incomparable, matchless, phenomenal, rara avis, rare, singular, sovereign, top flight, transcendent, unbeatable, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unparallelled). (various references) | |
Turkish | yerine getirilmemiş (unfilled, unfulfilled, unperformed, unredeemed, unsatisfied), tamamlanmamış (fragmental, fragmentary, imperfect, incomplete, pendant, pendent, unaccomplished, unachieved, uncompleted, unfilled, unfinished), seçkin (choice, distinguished, eminent, excellent, exclusive, picked, pre-eminencent, privileged, prominent, select, selected, topflight, top-hole, top-line, well chosen), kalbur üstü, göze çarpan (arresting, bold, broad, conspicuous, crying, demonstrative, noticeable, ostensible, prominent, remarkable, salient, sharp, signal, staring, visible), askıda (hanging, in dependance, in suspense, in the balance, pendant, pendent, remaining in suspense, undecided, unsettled), ödenmemiş (back, dishonoured, owing, undischarged, unhonored, unhonoured, unpaid, unredeemed, unsatisfied, unsettled). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спірний (arguable, argumentative, contentious, controversial, debatable, deniable, disputable, eristic, impugnable, litigious, moot, vexed), виступаючий (obtrusive, overhung, prognathic, prognathous), видатний (big time, conspicuous, egregious, eminent, extant, laureate, leading, notable, noted, only, pre eminent, prominent, remarkable, shining, signal, stellar, transcendent, walloping), несплачений (owing), невирішений (indeterminate, open, pending, undecided), невиконаний (unacted, unredeemed), знаменитий (big-name, celebrated, classic, famous, glorious, noted, notified, notorious, star, well known), прострочений (back). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nổi bật (limelight, striking), đáng chú ý; nổi tiếng còn t"n tại. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | insigne, insignem, insigni, palmarium, praestans. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "outstanding": outstandingly. (additional references) | |
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"Outstanding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oustanding. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "outstanding" (pronounced ou'tsta"nding) |
| 7 | -s t a" n d i ng | misunderstanding, notwithstanding, standing, understanding, withstanding. |
| 5 | -a" n d i ng | banding, branding, commanding, demanding, disbanding, expanding, handing, landing, sanding, stranding. |
| 4 | -n d i ng | apprehending, abounding, amending, ascending, astounding, attending, bending, binding, blending, blinding, bonding, bounding, commending, compounding, comprehending, condescending, confounding, contending, corresponding, defending, defunding, depending, descending, ending, expending, expounding, extending, fending, finding, founding, freestanding, funding, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, hounding, impending, intending, lending, longstanding, masterminding, mending, minding, misspending, nonbinding, offending, outspending, overextending, overfunding, overspending, pending, portending, pounding, pretending, rebounding, recommending, refunding, relending, reminding, rending, rescinding, resounding, responding, rounding, sending, sounding, spellbinding, spending, surrounding, suspending, tending, transcending, trending, unbending, underfunding, unending, unwinding, upstanding, vending, wending, winding, wounding. |
| 3 | -d i ng | applauding, acceding, according, abiding, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bidding, biding, bleeding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, braiding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, building, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, conceding, concluding, confiding, cording, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defrauding, degrading, deluding, denuding, deriding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, exploding, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, feuding, Fielding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, guarding, guiding, handholding, heading, heeding, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, impeding, imploding, inbreeding, including, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landholding, lauding, leading, loading, madding, marauding, masquerading, Melding, misleading, misreading, molding, moulding, needing, nodding, nonbuilding, outbidding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overloading, overriding, padding, parading, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, preceding, precluding, presiding, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebuilding, receding, recording, Redding, Reding, regarding, rereading, residing, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, safeguarding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, seceding, seeding, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, spearheading, speeding, spreading, stampeding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, threading, tiding, trading, treading, unfolding, unloading, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, welding, wielding, Wilding, withholding, Wooding, wording, yielding. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-n-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: astounding. | |
-2 letters: gustation, nutations, outdating, stounding, unstating. | |
-3 letters: anginous, attuning, daunting, donating, notating, nutating, nutation, nuttings, outgains, outstand, snouting, sounding, standing, standout, stunting, sudation, taunting, titanous, toasting, undoings. | |
-4 letters: adnouns, agonist, agoutis, anoints, antigun, antings, astound, atoning, audings, autoing, dauting, distant, doating, dotting, dousing, dunting, dusting, ganoids, gitanos, guanins, guidons, instant, nations, nonsuit, nougats. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-n-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: outdistancing, outstandingly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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