without
without Lexical Profile
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• preposition
In the absence of; not having, accompanied by, or using.
"She solved the complex mathematical equation without a calculator."
With the omission or avoidance of a specified action (typically followed by a gerund).
"They walked past the quiet library room without making a single sound."
Outside the physical boundaries or limits of (chiefly literary or archaic).
"The travelers set up their tents just without the ancient city walls."
• adverb
In circumstances in which the thing mentioned is absent or not used (typically following 'go' or 'do').
"When the supply truck failed to arrive on time, the camp residents had to go without."
On the outside; externally (chiefly literary or archaic).
"The old stone fortress appeared grim and forbidding from without, though the halls inside were warm."
• Rhymes for without
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English wiþutan, meaning 'outside of' or 'free from', formed from wiþ ('against') and utan ('from the outside').