- (adv.) Outside of the house; out of doors.
- (adv.) On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally.
- (conj.) Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.
- (prep.) On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.
- (prep.) Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
- (prep.) Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage.
Without and Avoid
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Indicates a one-way market if 70 were bid in the market and there was no offer, the quote would be "70 bid' Without'.".
verb
- Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.
- usage: "Her former friends now avoid her"
- Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
- usage: "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- Refrain from doing something.
- usage: "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
- Refrain from certain foods or beverages.
- usage: "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
- synonyms: keep off
- Declare invalid.
- usage: "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
- synonyms: invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
- (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
- (v.i.) To become void or vacant.
- (a.) To get rid of.
- (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
- (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
- (a.) To empty.
- (v.i.) To retire; to withdraw.
- (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
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