outstanding

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing or outstand + -ing.

Has he any one outstanding quality? — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
The outstanding thing was that he did. — The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Before the square, outstanding porch Richard drew up. — The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance, Lucas Malet

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