outstand

English

Etymology

From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- +‎ stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Verb

outstand (third-person singular simple present outstands, present participle outstanding, simple past and past participle outstood)

1. (transitive, archaic) To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
2. (transitive) To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
4. (intransitive, nautical, archaic) To stand out to sea.
5. (intransitive, archaic) To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.

   outstanding contracts

Synonyms

• (to be prominent): See also Thesaurus:stand out

Derived terms

• outstanding
• outstanding term

References

• “outstand”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• stand out, stand-out, standout