without

with•out

[[t]wɪðˈaʊt, wɪθ-[/t]] prep.

1) with the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking:

without help; without shoes; without you to help[/ex]

2) free from; excluding:

a world without hunger[/ex]

3) cvb not accompanied by:

Don't go without me[/ex]

4) at, on, or to the outside of; outside of:

both within and without the city[/ex]

5) beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition to within):

either within or without the law[/ex]

6) in or into an exterior or outer place; outside

7) outside a house, building, etc.:

The carriage awaits without[/ex]

8) lacking something implied or understood:

We must take this or go without[/ex]

9) as regards the outside; externally

10) the outside of a place, area, room, etc

11) dial. Midland and Southern U.S. unless

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME withouten, OE withūtan (adv. and prep.) =with with+-ūtan from without; see but