Meaning

2 senses
  1. An exceptional or noteworthy person or thing.

    This building is one of the city's architectural standouts.

  2. The distance a self-retracting metal tape measure can be extended before collapsing under its own weight.

    This tape measure has a standout of 14 feet.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He was the standout in that tournament.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · megamanenm · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Sami was a standout suspect.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · OsoHombre · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Deverbal from stand out.

Deverbal from stand out.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: standouts
Singularstandout
Pluralstandouts

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
standout — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto