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Outstanding   /ˌaʊtstˈændɪŋ/   Listen
adjective
Outstanding  adj.  
1.
That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations. "Revenues... as well outstanding as collected."
2.
Conspicuously excellent; markedly superior; distinguished.
3.
So prominent so as to attract notice; conspicuous; usually but not always in a good sense.


verb
Outstand  v. t.  (past & past part. outstood; pres. part. outstanding)  
1.
To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding. (R.)
2.
To stay beyond. "I have outstood my time."


Outstand  v. i.  (past & past part. outstood; pres. part. outstanding)  To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.





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"Outstanding" Quotes from Famous Books



... acquaintance with works of art, there grows up a standard which is the resultant of all of them—a type or schema no longer associated with particular works. Sometimes, however, it happens that the standard continues to be embodied in some one or few works which, because of outstanding excellence, serve as explicit paradigms governing judgment; such works are classics in the true sense. And the impressionist is certainly wrong in his contention that the aesthetic appreciation of a work of art excludes the recall of ...
— The Principles Of Aesthetics • Dewitt H. Parker
... no sharply defined classes of intelligence; just as the mentally defective are in many grades, so ordinary men and women vary from low or average intelligence up to outstanding cases ...
— Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation • Florence E. Barrett
... the roughness of the road required her attention. Kitty was surefooted, but the outstanding roots with which her path was lined needed careful negotiation. Presently the trail became wider and its surface more even, and signs of recent usage became apparent. The roots were worn down and the projecting stones had been removed. Neither did it ...
— The Hound From The North • Ridgwell Cullum
... the mail within five years past has been greatly extended, and the expenditures of the Department proportionably increased. Although the postage which has accrued within the last three years has fallen short of the expenditures $262,821.46, it appears that collections have been made from the outstanding balances to meet the principal part ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 1 (of 3) of Volume 2: James Monroe • James D. Richardson
... outstanding group, and in Tragedy, sculpture and poetry alike bring before our eyes an independent and definite whole. To distinguish it from natural reality, the former places it on a base as on an ideal ground, detaching from it as much as possible all foreign and accidental ...
— Lectures on Dramatic Art - and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel trans John Black


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