What does outstanding mean?
Definitions for outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstæn dɪŋout·stand·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word outstanding.
Princeton's WordNet
outstandingadjective
distinguished from others in excellence
"did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record"
outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, strikingadjective
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"
outstanding, owing(p), undischargedadjective
owed as a debt
"outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"
great, outstandingadjective
of major significance or importance
"a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"
GCIDE
Outstandingadjective
Conspicuously excellent; markedly superior; distinguished.
Outstandingadjective
So prominent so as to attract notice; conspicuous; usually but not always in a good sense.
Wiktionary
outstandingadjective
prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
outstandingadjective
distinguished from others by its superiority
outstandingadjective
projecting outwards
outstandingadjective
unresolved; not settled or finished
outstandingadjective
owed as a debt
Etymology: From outstand, equivalent to.
Wikipedia
Outstanding
"Outstanding" is a song originally performed by the Gap Band and written by member Raymond Calhoun. The song originally appeared on the group's platinum-selling 1982 album Gap Band IV. It is one of their signature songs and biggest hits, reaching the number one spot on the U.S. R&B Singles Chart in February 1983. "Outstanding" peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Freebase
Outstanding
"Outstanding" is a song originally performed by The Gap Band and written by member Raymond Calhoun. The song originally appeared on the group's platinum-selling 1982 album Gap Band IV. It is one of their signature songs and biggest hits, reaching the number one spot on the U.S. R&B Singles Chart in February 1983. "Outstanding" peaked at number fifty-one on the Hot 100.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'outstanding' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3282
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'outstanding' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3885
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'outstanding' in Adjectives Frequency: #443
Anagrams for outstanding »
standing out
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of outstanding in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of outstanding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of outstanding in a Sentence
He's an outstanding intellect. An outstanding judge. Respected by everybody. Never even had a little blemish on his record. The FBI has I think gone through a process six times with him over the years where he went to higher and higher positions. He is somebody very special.
Shahira Knight has done a wonderful job as my legislative affairs director. Shahira Knight was outstanding for us and for our country and will be a tremendous success in the private sector.
Just last night, our building officer notified one of those properties, a building in northeast Dade, that four balconies must be immediately closed to residents due to safety conditions, we're taking swift action to immediately identify and address any outstanding issues with the buildings that have not yet completed their 40-year certification process -- that's our priority right now.
Bizarre game really, poor errors for the goals but really pleased with the composure we showed to come back from the early mistake with some devastating attacking play, the mistakes were obvious, the errors, we have to be better. The players don't really need me to tell them that. We have mentioned it. The outstanding part of our play was obvious and the errors were obvious too.
He had outstanding control, he always has control, but tonight he had command. He threw some quality strikes. He’s getting better and better each outing.
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Translations for outstanding
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- uitstaandeAfrikaans
- معلقةArabic
- pendent, excepcional, destacat, sobresortintCatalan, Valencian
- fremragendeDanish
- hervorstechend, ausstehend, hervorragend, herausragend, überstehend, hervorstehendGerman
- εξαιρετικήGreek
- elstaraEsperanto
- excepcional, sobresaliente, pendiente, prominente, distinguido, destacado, extraordinarioSpanish
- merkittävä, silmäänpistävä, maksamaton, esiinpistävä, erinomainen, huomattavaFinnish
- débiteur, exceptionnel, saillant, hors pair, en suspensFrench
- air lethScottish Gaelic
- ard-yindyssaghManx
- kiváló, megoldatlan, kiálló, kiemelkedőHungarian
- luar biasaIndonesian
- irrisolta, irrisolto, notevole, saliente, in pendenza, in sospesso, eccezionaleItalian
- 傑出したJapanese
- outstandingLatin
- izcilsLatvian
- kātuareheMāori
- prominent, voortreffelijk, vooraanstaand, uitstaand, bijzonder, onopgelost, overhellendDutch
- utstående, fremragende, uteståendeNorwegian
- wybitny, doskonały, zaległy, znakomityPolish
- saliente, destacado, excepcional, extraordinário, pendentePortuguese
- extraordinareRomanian
- знамени́тый, незауря́дный, выступа́ющий, неупла́ченный, выпира́ющийся, неопла́ченный, незако́нченный, невы́полненный, выдаю́щийся, торча́щийRussian
- โดดเด่นThai
- וואונדערבארYiddish
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