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say it: owt-STAN-ding
outstanding is an adjective meaning "distinguished from others in excellence". It carries 4 recorded senses.
distinguished from others in excellence
“did outstanding work in human relations”
“an outstanding war record”
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”
owed as a debt
“outstanding bills”
“the amount still owed”
“undischarged debts”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for outstanding come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.