Meaning

5 senses

  1. Prominent or noticeable; sovereign.

  2. Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.

    herausragend, hervorstechend, hervorragend

    выдаю́щийсяvydajúščijsja, незауря́дныйnezaurjádnyj, знамени́тыйznamenítyj

    видатни́йvydatnýj, видатни́йvydatnýj

    distinguished from others in excellence

  3. Projecting outwards.

    überstehend, hervorstehend

    выдаю́щийсяvydajúščijsja, выступа́ющийvystupájuščij, торча́щийtorčáščij

  4. Unresolved; not settled or finished.

    I have several outstanding tasks on my to-do list.

    Are there any outstanding issues that need to be addressed?

    ausstehend

    невы́полненныйnevýpolnennyj, незако́нченныйnezakónčennyj

  5. Owed as a debt.

    You must pay any outstanding corporate card balance immediately.

    ausstehend

    неупла́ченныйneupláčennyj, неопла́ченныйneopláčennyj

    owed as a debt

Examples

110 sentences

  1. Tom is an outstanding basketball player.

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  2. Tom is an outstanding baseball player.

    deTom ist ein herausragender Baseballspieler. — wolfgangth

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  3. Tom has been an outstanding manager.

    deTom war ein hervorragender Geschäftsführer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I thought that Tom was outstanding.

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  5. The results were outstanding.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
standing out from others:
Русский
By meaning 4
standing out from others:
projecting outwards:
not settled or finished:
owed as a debt:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
standing out from others:
distinguished from others by its superiority:
projecting outwards:
not settled or finished:

Origin

From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing or outstand + -ing.

From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing or outstand + -ing.

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Forms

more outstanding, most outstanding
Comparativemore outstanding Lesson
Superlativemost outstanding Lesson

regular

Synonyms

100 synonyms
eminentC2distinguishedB2notableC1noticeableB1prominentB1remarkableB1signalB1amazingB1impressiveB1awesomeB1awfulA2coolA1delightfulB1divineB1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
mediocreB2

Word family

3 related words
Relatedstand out
Derivedoutstandinglyoutstandingness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outsmartoutsourceoutsourcingoutspokenoutstandinglyoutstretchoutstripoutta

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