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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
without
preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be held without bail
▪ He was being held without bail pending another hearing.
be lost without
▪ She’s a great friend and I’d be lost without her.
be released without charge
▪ She had been arrested twice and released without charge.
disappear without a trace (also disappear without trace British English) (= completely)
▪ Hundreds of people disappear without trace every year.
disappear/vanish/sink without (a) trace (=disappear completely, without leaving any sign of what happened)
▪ The plane vanished without a trace.
Hardly a day passes without (=there is bad news almost every day)
▪ Hardly a day passes without more bad news about the economy .
hardly a day/week/month etc goes by without/when (=used to say that something happens almost every day, week etc)
▪ Hardly a month goes by without another factory closing down.
incomplete without
▪ TV ads implied that a woman was incomplete without a man.
vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth (=disappear so that no sign remains)
▪ The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found.
went without a hitch
▪ The whole show went without a hitch.
without a penny to...name
▪ He died without a penny to his name.
without a shadow of a doubt (=without any doubt)
▪ I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I was going to win.
without (any) warning
▪ Police fired into the crowd without warning.
without any/much trouble (=easily)
▪ The work was carried out without any trouble.
without breaking stride
▪ Collins dealt with the reporters’ questions without breaking stride.
without compunction
▪ They used their tanks against the leftists without compunction.
without effort (=easily, without trying hard)
▪ Her horse jumped the fence without any effort.
without exaggeration (=telling the truth and not exaggerating)
▪ The men spoke without exaggeration about their ordeal.
without exception
▪ Without exception, all the children were well behaved and polite.
without notice
▪ Trains may be cancelled without notice.
without permission
▪ Pages should not be copied without the permission of the publisher.
without preamble (=without saying anything else before it)
▪ Harding gave him the news without preamble .
without/with no frills
▪ It was just a comfortable flat with no frills.
with/without enthusiasm
▪ The proposal has been greeted with enthusiasm by both parties.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be up the creek (without a paddle)
▪ I'll really be up the creek if I don't get paid this week.
▪ Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek.
▪ What he learned from that interview was that Graham Ross was up the creek without a paddle.
be without equal
▪ His paintings are without equal in the Western world.
▪ As a family holiday destination, Bournemouth is without equal.
▪ His attention to detail is legendary and as a strategist he is without equal.
▪ His musical prowess still undiminished at 65, he is without equal when it comes to instrumental excellence and stylistic versatility.
▪ If Richter's Brahms is a revelation, then his playing of Liszt is without equal.
be without foundation
▪ I believe that claims of "psychic powers" are without foundation.
▪ The Observer said that it had not intended to convey that meaning, and accepted that the allegation was without foundation.
be/get caught in/without etc sth
▪ Don't expect to be caught in the rush.
▪ He is caught in a storm and crashes.
▪ He was caught in the end, trying to bury one of the bodies in the cemetery, in a fresh grave.
▪ She was caught in the seducing current, and she could not break free.
▪ The actual death toll is much greater because thousands more turtles are caught in fishing nets and suffocate.
▪ The Tokyo government is caught in a dilemma, according to Hazelwood.
▪ They are caught in this place of denial and unrealized emotion and desire.
▪ Worse, he was caught in the cross fire of local conflicts.
beyond/without compare
▪ The dancing in the show had a beauty that was beyond compare.
▪ She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare.
▪ The Muses had no instrument peculiar to them, but their voices were lovely beyond compare.
▪ Their written language was the most advanced of the pre-Columbian scripts, and their astronomical knowledge beyond compare.
beyond/without number
▪ It is to risk leaving out what religion is really about, rather like music without sound, or mathematics without numbers.
▪ The potential applications are almost without number.
▪ They forgot the message times without number.
▪ Zbigniew Shapira, not yet thirty, had talents without number.
beyond/without remedy
▪ However, the director so removed is not without remedy.
▪ If a corporate public authority is unable to sue for libel it is, however, by no means without remedy.
▪ It was beyond remedy, I thought.
▪ This does not mean, however, that a taxpayer would necessarily be without remedy in such a situation.
can do without sth
▪ And this you can do without a wall.
▪ Can you suggest anything I can do without making him feel unhappy or threatened?
▪ Neither can do without some comfort and support in your life.
▪ Oh, I think you can do without that.
▪ The hunt can do without a report like that in the local press.
▪ This is a job you can do without too much difficulty.
▪ We, the volunteers, can do without this hassle.
die without issue
▪ He shifted restlessly on the bed, thinking of what would happen if he should die without issue.
do sth without a murmur
▪ And although we might challenge their right to run our lives we often let them run our language without a murmur.
▪ Of the Tuscan towns, Amelia and Otricoli were the only ones to accept papal domination without a murmur.
▪ One slip, and it would sweep you away without a murmur or a cry.
▪ She left without a murmur although she had only a year and a half to go to complete her secondary education.
▪ She took the punishments meted out to her without a murmur.
▪ The door was ajar and opened without a murmur.
do without (sth)
▪ But it could not do without its law students who brought business and fame and brilliance to the town.
▪ But new designs, which do without costly transformers, have trimmed prices.
▪ Everyone did, because the alternative was to do without.
▪ He counsels his congregation to do without the extras in order to have more family time.
▪ The challenge of making do without the domesticating power of women was, for many men, a practical matter.
▪ We, the volunteers, can do without this hassle.
▪ What would I do without Rosey?
go without (sth)
▪ Despite these difficulties, it goes without saying that no book should be ordered unless the price is known.
▪ For seasons at a time he went without a roof or bed and for months had no shirt on his back.
▪ It goes without saying that any infringements of these new restrictions will imperil what is already an extremely sensitive access agreement.
▪ It goes without saying that Quinn lost a good deal of weight during this period.
▪ Nurse Ian Ballantyne, 26, alleged that Mr Stockton had gone without his medicine on previous occasions.
▪ Of course it goes without saying that the aquarium glass must always be perfectly clean for best results.
▪ They went without a flashlight, as the Managuans do if they are out of doors when the lights go out.
have no parallel/be without parallel
it goes without saying (that)
▪ And it goes without saying that Wild is a Lisztian of the finest order.
▪ Concentrated, clear meat juice, must, it goes without saying, be added.
▪ Despite these difficulties, it goes without saying that no book should be ordered unless the price is known.
▪ Historically it goes without saying that we have used all kinds of nature, and especially animals, for human benefit.
▪ I think it goes without saying that a rested person is a better person, more able to face life.
▪ Non-fiction books, too, it goes without saying, are a good source.
▪ Of course it goes without saying that the aquarium glass must always be perfectly clean for best results.
never let a day/week/year etc go by without doing sth
not give sth a second thought/without a second thought
not/without so much as sth
▪ I never received so much as a reply.
▪ The car survived the accident without so much as a dent.
▪ He had never had a day of sickness, not so much as a cold.
▪ How could we have put their bag into ours without so much as a single check?
▪ I, who had traveled all that long day on that train without so much as a cheese in my pocket?
▪ It is a matter of tone, not so much as content.
▪ So far in Rajasthan, I had not so much as nodded to another female.
▪ That he had dumped her without a word, without so much as a goodbye.
▪ We got our six appearances, and not so much as one drop-by or mix-and-mingle extra.
▪ When they go straight to bed without so much as ordering a toasted sandwich or spending money at the bar.
not/without so much as sth
▪ So far in Rajasthan, I had not so much as nodded to another female.
▪ He had never had a day of sickness, not so much as a cold.
▪ How could we have put their bag into ours without so much as a single check?
▪ I, who had traveled all that long day on that train without so much as a cheese in my pocket?
▪ It is a matter of tone, not so much as content.
▪ That he had dumped her without a word, without so much as a goodbye.
▪ We got our six appearances, and not so much as one drop-by or mix-and-mingle extra.
▪ When they go straight to bed without so much as ordering a toasted sandwich or spending money at the bar.
sink without trace
▪ But unlike the Titanic, the story of the Tek Sing and its passengers sank without trace.
▪ Early attempts - including putting a ping-pong ball inside a soap bar - sank without trace.
▪ It was even tried years ago by Olivetti among others, but those products sank without trace.
▪ Many small labels have sunk without trace.
▪ Now that has all been sunk without trace.
▪ The Labour government broke up and the report of the Macmillan Committee sank without trace.
▪ Then the shipyards sank without trace, and it was three years on the dole.
there's no smoke without fire
▪ And if you believe there's no smoke without fire, Sean Young must be a towering inferno.
▪ But there's no smoke without fire.
without (saying) a word
▪ He throws himself without a word on to the blanket beside him.
▪ Jed began to know where Creed wanted to go without a word being uttered.
▪ Now this woman of endless stories, a teacher, lies without words, waiting to die.
▪ She turned without a word and walked back to where her friends lay like casualties.
▪ Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat.
▪ Still without a word Pearl brought Ezra to the tiny kitchen.
▪ The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words.
▪ Then she turned and without a word left him and the house, too.
without cease
without ceremony
▪ The bodies were buried without ceremony in hastily dug graves.
without doubt
without fail
▪ Danny comes over every Sunday without fail.
▪ I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!
▪ My mother goes to church every week without fail.
▪ You must take the medication every day without fail.
without fear or favour
▪ He had some home truths to impart and presented them without fear or favour.
▪ Now near retirement after a long career in product development, Mr Dulude can presumably act without fear or favour.
without let or hindrance
▪ Instead of the passport opening frontiers to the traveller without let or hindrance, it has become the means of international surveillance.
▪ It should flow easily, though not too swiftly, through the manholes, without let or hindrance.
▪ The willingness to thin the office staff without let or hindrance.
▪ Truth, however tawdry or trivial, may be told without let or hindrance from libel laws.
without missing a beat
▪ Cuomo answered the reporters' questions without missing a beat.
▪ They can present, explain, and deliver our solutions without missing a beat.
▪ Woody Harrelson came in for the late Nicholas Colasanto without missing a beat.
without more/further ado
▪ And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.
▪ Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado.
▪ Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado.
▪ The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.
▪ The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado.
▪ Then, without more ado, he loaded the horses into the trailer.
▪ Then, without more ado, he turned on his heel and left, slamming the door behind him.
without prejudice (to sth)
▪ And when Sam was old enough to leave home maybe she could lead a life of her own without prejudice.
▪ If you mark the letter without prejudice then taxation will be on the basis of what you put in the bill.
▪ So as much as the reviewers' preferences shine through, I still feel that they review without prejudice.
▪ This enables a student to optimise the opportunities presented to him without prejudice to his progression through the examination system.
▪ We can blend the two, without prejudice, to provide the stepping-stone for a more complete psychology.
▪ We had no preconception of the results and analysed our data without prejudice.
without question
▪ Insurance companies once paid medical bills almost without question, but no longer.
▪ Their weapons technology is without question a threat to us.
without reply
without so much as a by your leave
without/beyond a shadow of a doubt
▪ Don't ask me how - but I knew it without a shadow of a doubt.
▪ Now she knew without a shadow of doubt that she wasn't.
you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Gourmet Food without Salt" is aimed at people with high-blood pressure.
▪ "With or without sugar?'' "Without, please!''
▪ After the storm, we were without electricity for five days.
▪ Billy came to class without his school books.
▪ He had gone out without his parents' permission.
▪ He was without any sense whatsoever.
▪ How can you judge a book without reading it?
▪ I don't know what I would do without Lisa.
▪ I don't think grandpa could survive without his cigars.
▪ No one can succeed in business without taking certain risks.
▪ The schools are having to provide programs without adequate funding.
▪ There are so many people without jobs that companies receive hundreds of applications to each advertisement.
▪ This time Clark finished the race without falling.
▪ You can't get a passport without a birth certificate.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Without

Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wi[eth]?tan; wi[eth] with, against, toward + ?tan outside, fr. ?t out. See With, prep., Out.]

  1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.

    Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein.
    --Dryden.

  2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.

    Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach.
    --T. Burnet.

  3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage.

    I wolde it do withouten negligence.
    --Chaucer.

    Wise men will do it without a law.
    --Bacon.

    Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction.
    --Addison.

    There is no living with thee nor without thee.
    --Tatler.

    To do without. See under Do.

    Without day [a translation of L. sine die], without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day.

    Without recourse. See under Recourse.

Without

Without \With*out"\, adv.

  1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally.

    Without were fightings, within were fears.
    --2 Cor. vii. 5.

  2. Outside of the house; out of doors.

    The people came unto the house without.
    --Chaucer.

Without

Without \With*out"\, conj. Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.

You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness.
--Sir P. Sidney.

Note: Now rarely used by good writers or speakers.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
without

Old English wiðutan "outside of, from outside," literally "against the outside" (opposite of within), see with + out (adv.). As a word expressing lack or want of something (opposite of with), attested from c.1200. In use by late 14c. as a conjunction, short for without that.

Wiktionary
without

adv. 1 (context archaic or literary English) outside, externally 2 Lacking something. conj. unless, except (introducing a clause). prep. 1 (lb en archaic or literary) Outside of, beyond. 2 Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.

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Wikipedia
Without (song)

"Without" is the debut single from half-English, half-Italian solo singer Jack Savoretti taken from his debut album, Between the Minds.

"Without" was the first release on De Angelis Records, the label set up by Anne Barrett. The track went onto the Radio 2 B list on the same day that Jack played his media showcase at the prestigious London club Ronnie Scott’s.

It spent a total of two weeks in the UK Singles Chart, debuting at number 90 then falling to 180 a week later.

Without (The X-Files)

"Without" is the second episode of the eighth season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode first aired in the United States and Canada on November 12, 2000 on Fox and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2001. It was written by executive producer Chris Carter and directed by Kim Manners. The episode helps to explore the series' overarching mythology and continues from the seventh season finale, " Requiem", and season eight premiere, " Within", in which Fox Mulder was abducted by aliens who are planning to colonize Earth. The episode earned a Nielsen rating of 9.0 in the United States and was seen by 15.1 million viewers. As with the previous episode, "Within," it was generally well received by critics, although some detractors criticized various plot points.

The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. In the episode, John Doggett ( Robert Patrick) continues his search for Mulder, and attempts to uncover an alien bounty hunter within their ranks. After the task force is called off, Scully is surprised to learn that Doggett, the leader of the team, has been assigned to the X-Files.

"Without" heavily featured elements of Mulder's abduction by aliens, and as such, new sets were designed to create the alien ship Mulder was imprisoned in. The production crew of The X-Files designed the set in a decidedly "low-tech" and "interesting" manner. In addition, unusual filming techniques were used, such as special lenses and motion control, in order to achieve the desired footage.

Without

Without may refer to:

  • "Without" (The X-Files), an episode in a late 20th-century television show
  • "Without" (song)
  • Without (film)
Without (film)

Without is a 2011 American independent film directed by Mark Jackson and starring Joslyn Jensen, Ronald Carrier, and Darren Lenz. The plot concerns a young woman (Jensen) caretaking a house and looking after the wheelchair-using grandfather (Carrier) of an absent family on a sparsely populated Washington State island. The local handyman (Lenz) starts to take an interest. The film premiered in January 2011 at the Slamdance Film Festival.

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Usage examples of "without".

New Riviera was entirely too accommodating to imported species to allow anything out into the wild without official approval, where it would like as not reproduce and thrive like mad.

Of course I intended to send back her letters, but not without the accompaniment of a billet-doux, the gallantry of which was not likely to please her.

Cockle sang two songs without accompaniment, for he was not willing to risk either his hands or his instruments by exposure to the chilling wind.

I could not take upon myself either to let her go to Naples without me, or to accompany her there.

To accomplish this design, he studied to protect his industrious subjects, and to moderate the violence, without enervating the valor, of his soldiers, who were maintained for the public defence.

But he was gone, and even being without him would not stop her from accomplishing what was necessary.

Without them, under traditional accounting the company could miss the earnings targets Wall Street was projecting for the year just ended.

As an accredited representative of my government, I could hardly be accused of doing such a thing without conclusive proof.

Some Necromances reached their accreditation Trial without knowing what face Death would take, I was lucky.

It is, however, extremely difficult to observe, and even harder to measure accurately, without sophisticated instrumentation.

Therein lies the problem: textbooks cannot report accurately on the six foreign interventions described in this chapter without mentioning that the U.

Notwithstanding the clearest evidence of his integrity, which was not impeached even by the voice of an accuser, Lucian was condemned, almost without a trial, to suffer a cruel and ignominious punishment.

I thought her advice wise, and I followed it, and having the wind behind me I got to the casino without trouble, and slept till broad day.

As its manifesto and program are practically identical with those of the Communist Party of America, while all its members are likewise affiliated with the Third or Moscow International, the foregoing characterization of the Communist Party applies without essential modification to the Communist Labor Party.

The Senate and the president could begin by jointly appointing a nonpartisan commission to gather the names of the two dozen or so most distinguished lawyers and judges in the nation, assessed by peer review under the broadest criterion of greatness, without regard to party affiliation, race, gender, ideology, or other such factors.