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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
with•out /wɪðˈaʊt, wɪθ-/USA pronunciation   prep. 
  1. with no or none of;
    lacking:He did it without help.
  2. free from;
    excluding:a world without hunger.
  3. not accompanied by:Don't go without me.
  4. at, on, or to the outside of:both within and without the city.

adv. 
  1. outside.
  2. outdoors.
  3. lacking something implied or understood:For years they were too poor and simply had to go without.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
with•out  (wiᵺ out′, with-),USA pronunciation prep. 
  1. with the absence, omission, or avoidance of;
    not with;
    with no or none of;
    lacking:without help; without her helping me;without him to help.
  2. free from;
    excluding:a world without hunger.
  3. not accompanied by:Don't go without me.
  4. at, on, or to the outside of;
    outside of:both within and without the house or the city.
  5. beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition to within):whether within or without the law.

adv. 
  1. in or into an exterior or outer place;
    outside.
  2. outside a house, building, etc.:The carriage awaits without.
  3. lacking something implied or understood:We must take this or go without.
  4. as regards the outside;
    externally.

n. 
  1. the outside of a place, region, area, room, etc.

conj. 
  1. Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S.]unless.
  • Middle English withouten, Old English withūtan (adverb, adverbial and preposition), equivalent. to with with + -ūtan from without, equivalent. to ūt out + -an suffix of motion from bef. 900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
without / wɪˈðaʊt/
  1. not having: a traveller without much money
  2. not accompanied by: he came without his wife
  3. not making use of: it is not easy to undo screws without a screwdriver
  4. (followed by a verbal noun or noun phrase) not, while not, or after not: she can sing for two minutes without drawing breath
  5. on the outside of
  1. outside; outwardly
'without light' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
black - lightless

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