Without
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- outside, externally
- 1904: I knew that someone had entered the house cautiously from without. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez’ (Norton 2005, p.1100)
- Lacking something.
- Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
Preposition
- Outside of, beyond
- The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within.
- Life goes on within you and without you. - George Harrison - Sgt Pepper
- Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc..
- It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
- Life goes on within you and without you. - George Harrison - Sgt Pepper