Outstanding
adjective
Very good or impressive.
She gave an outstanding performance in the school play.
Often appears as...
- outstanding performance
- outstanding achievement
adjective
Not yet paid, resolved, or dealt with.
I still have some outstanding bills to pay.
Often appears as...
- outstanding bills
- outstanding issues
adjective
Clearly noticeable; conspicuous.
His outstanding feature is his sharp nose.
Often appears as...
- outstanding feature
- outstanding characteristic
adjective
Very good or impressive.
She gave an outstanding performance in the school play.
Often appears as...
- outstanding performance
- outstanding achievement
adjective
Not yet paid, resolved, or dealt with.
I still have some outstanding bills to pay.
Often appears as...
- outstanding bills
- outstanding issues
adjective
Clearly noticeable; conspicuous.
His outstanding feature is his sharp nose.
Often appears as...
- outstanding feature
- outstanding characteristic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Exceptional Praise
Use 'outstanding' when you want to praise something as better than average; it shows high appreciation.
Your dedication is truly outstanding.
Pro Tip 2/3High Recognition
'Outstanding' often describes something recognized by others as excellent, not just personal opinion.
He received an award for his outstanding work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ordinary
The word implies something is far from ordinary; it stands out significantly among others.
The scientist made an outstanding discovery.
Pro Tip 1/3Exceptional Praise
Use 'outstanding' when you want to praise something as better than average; it shows high appreciation.
Your dedication is truly outstanding.
Pro Tip 2/3High Recognition
'Outstanding' often describes something recognized by others as excellent, not just personal opinion.
He received an award for his outstanding work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ordinary
The word implies something is far from ordinary; it stands out significantly among others.
The scientist made an outstanding discovery.
Pro Tip 1/3Exceptional Praise
Use 'outstanding' when you want to praise something as better than average; it shows high appreciation.
Your dedication is truly outstanding.
Pro Tip 2/3High Recognition
'Outstanding' often describes something recognized by others as excellent, not just personal opinion.
He received an award for his outstanding work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ordinary
The word implies something is far from ordinary; it stands out significantly among others.
The scientist made an outstanding discovery.
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Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
and window bottles out of garbage. Now I don't expect every kid to be a farmer, but I expect you to read about it, write about it, blog about it, offer outstanding customer service. I expect them to be engaged, and man, are they! So that's my incredible classroom, that's the food. Where does it go? Zero miles to plate, right down into the cafeteria. Or more importantly, to local shelters,
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A teacher growing green...
garbage the unexpected kid to be a farmer they expect read about it write about a blog about it offer outstanding customer service I expect me engage man are they so that's my incredible classroom that's the food where does it go zero miles to plate right down into the cafeteria or more importantly to local shelters where
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How to create a great...
healthy and the hong kong and shanghai bank changed to eight that changed to hsbc to help the bank expand globally real words like uber and slack are ripped right out of a dictionary and suggest attributes or benefits uber literally means an outstanding
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Africa's Deadliest...
conservation the wildlife is coming back we've traveled to the karika Game Reserve and over the next four episodes accompanied by our guide Joe we will look at some outstanding biology witness some extraordinary behavior and get an
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Barbara Natterson-Horowit...
who take outstanding care of their animal patients. But occasionally, they do reach into the human medical community, particularly for some speciality consultation, and I was one of the lucky physicians who was invited in to help.
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Michelle Obama's plea...
are only as strong as the health of their women. And that's important to keep in mind. Part of that health includes an outstanding education. The difference between a struggling family and a healthy one
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Massive-scale online...
How many of you had to fill out a web form where you've been asked to read a distorted sequence of characters like this? How many of you found it really annoying? OK, outstanding. So I invented that.
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James Kunstler: How bad...
And it's a tremendous problem for us. The outstanding -- the salient problem about this for us is that these are places that are not worth caring about. We're going to talk about that some more.
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These Divers Search For...
you very much for all that you will continue to do as advocates of the ocean and cultural heritage management I think it was a great year did some outstanding work with that said we're gonna
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3 ways to build a happy...
is that men who are influenceable also tended to be "outstanding fathers." So How influenceable is your man? you're with her because you respect her.
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Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
and window bottles out of garbage. Now I don't expect every kid to be a farmer, but I expect you to read about it, write about it, blog about it, offer outstanding customer service. I expect them to be engaged, and man, are they! So that's my incredible classroom, that's the food. Where does it go? Zero miles to plate, right down into the cafeteria. Or more importantly, to local shelters,
Video examples
A teacher growing green...
garbage the unexpected kid to be a farmer they expect read about it write about a blog about it offer outstanding customer service I expect me engage man are they so that's my incredible classroom that's the food where does it go zero miles to plate right down into the cafeteria or more importantly to local shelters where
Video examples
How to create a great...
healthy and the hong kong and shanghai bank changed to eight that changed to hsbc to help the bank expand globally real words like uber and slack are ripped right out of a dictionary and suggest attributes or benefits uber literally means an outstanding
Video examples
Africa's Deadliest...
conservation the wildlife is coming back we've traveled to the karika Game Reserve and over the next four episodes accompanied by our guide Joe we will look at some outstanding biology witness some extraordinary behavior and get an
Video examples
Barbara Natterson-Horowit...
who take outstanding care of their animal patients. But occasionally, they do reach into the human medical community, particularly for some speciality consultation, and I was one of the lucky physicians who was invited in to help.
Video examples
Michelle Obama's plea...
are only as strong as the health of their women. And that's important to keep in mind. Part of that health includes an outstanding education. The difference between a struggling family and a healthy one
Video examples
Massive-scale online...
How many of you had to fill out a web form where you've been asked to read a distorted sequence of characters like this? How many of you found it really annoying? OK, outstanding. So I invented that.
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
And it's a tremendous problem for us. The outstanding -- the salient problem about this for us is that these are places that are not worth caring about. We're going to talk about that some more.
Video examples
These Divers Search For...
you very much for all that you will continue to do as advocates of the ocean and cultural heritage management I think it was a great year did some outstanding work with that said we're gonna
Video examples
3 ways to build a happy...
is that men who are influenceable also tended to be "outstanding fathers." So How influenceable is your man? you're with her because you respect her.
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Quote examples
Dan O'Brien
American Athlete
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
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Steve Spurrier
American Coach
I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career.
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R. Lee Ermey
American Soldier
Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.
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Joe Namath
American Athlete
I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.
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Steve Case
American Businessman
I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.
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Najib Razak
Malaysian Politician
You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.
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Betty Field
American Actress
I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.
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Stephen Jay Gould
American Scientist
What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria.
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Nicky Morgan
British Politician
We have outstanding schools, world-class teaching and inspirational leadership across the country.
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Paul Davies
British Writer
The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.
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Dan O'Brien
American Athlete
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
Quote examples
Steve Spurrier
American Coach
I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career.
Quote examples
R. Lee Ermey
American Soldier
Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.
Quote examples
Joe Namath
American Athlete
I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.
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Steve Case
American Businessman
I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.
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Najib Razak
Malaysian Politician
You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.
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Betty Field
American Actress
I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.
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Stephen Jay Gould
American Scientist
What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria.
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Nicky Morgan
British Politician
We have outstanding schools, world-class teaching and inspirational leadership across the country.
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Paul Davies
British Writer
The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.
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