Dictionary Definition
outstanding adj
1 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" [syn:
prominent, salient, spectacular, striking]
3 of major significance or importance; "a great
work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the
20th century" [syn: great]
4 owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the
amount still owed"; "undischarged debts" [syn: owed, owing(p), undischarged]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
outstanding- prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
- distinguished from others by its superiority
- projecting outwards
- unresolved; not settled or finished
- owed as a debt
Translations
standing out from others
- Dutch: bijzonder, prominent
- Finnish: huomattava, silmäänpistävä, esiinpistävä, merkittävä
- French: exceptionnel , exceptionnelle ; remarquable m/f
- German: herausragend, hervorstechend
- Italian: eccezionale m/f, notevole m/f
- Norwegian: fremragende
- Portuguese: excepcional, extraordinário, destacado
distinguished from others by its superiority
- Chinese: 优秀 (yōuxiù)
- Dutch: bijzonder, vooraanstaand
- Finnish: erinomainen
- French: exceptionnel , exceptionnelle ; remarquable m/f
- Italian: eccezionale m/f, notevole m/f
- Norwegian: fremragende
- Portuguese: excepcional, extraordinário, destacado
- Romanian: extraordinare
projecting outwards
- Dutch: overhellend
- Italian: saliente m/f
- Norwegian: utstående
- Portuguese: destacado, saliente
not settled or finished
- Dutch: onopgelost
- Norwegian: utestående
- Italian: irrisolto , irrisolta
owed as a debt
- Dutch: uitstaand
- Finnish: maksamaton
- Italian: in sospesso, in pendenza
- Norwegian: utestående
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Chinese: 卓著 杰出
- ttbc Japanese: 顕著
- ttbc Korean: 걸출한
- ttbc Spanish: excepcional m/f, sobresaliente m/f
- ttbc Thai: โดดเด่น(doad-den)
Extensive Definition
A word used for awesome. OR "Outstanding" is a
song originally performed by The Gap
Band and written by member Raymond
Calhoun. It is one of their signature songs.
The song was covered by Kenny Thomas and, later,
English footballer Andy
Cole.
In 1993, the song was
sampled for R. Kelly's hit "Summer Bunnies".
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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flagrant, formidable, fringe, glaring, greater, hanging out, higher, important, in arrear, in
arrears, in ascendancy, in relief, in the ascendant, in the
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