What does outstand mean?

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  1. outstandverb

    To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.

  2. outstandverb

    To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.

  3. outstandverb

    To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.

  4. outstandverb

    To stand out to sea.

  5. outstandverb

    To stand over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.

    outstanding contracts

  6. Etymology: From. Cognate with uitstaan, ausstehen, utstå.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Outstandverb

    Etymology: out and stand.

    Each could demolish the other’s work with ease enough, but not a man of them tolerably defend his own; which was sure never to outstand the first attack that was made. John Woodward.

    I have outstood my time, which is material
    To th’ tender of our present. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

  2. To Outstandverb

    To protuberate from the main body.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Outstand

    owt-stand′, v.t. to resist or withstand: to stand beyond the proper time.—v.i. to stand out or project from a mass: to remain unpaid or unsettled in any way.—adj. Outstand′ing, prominent: uncollected: remaining unpaid.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of outstand in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of outstand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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