outstanding

«outstanding» in Mova's school dictionary: extremely good, much better than most — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (outstanding)

meaning for a pupil

1) Outstanding means extremely good, much better than most. tree →

2) Outstanding means not yet paid, done or sorted out: outstanding homework, an outstanding bill. tree →

3) Outstanding can mean standing out, easy to notice. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school reports «outstanding» is high praise for excellent work or behaviour. In money problems an outstanding amount is what is still owed: if a bill is £50 and £30 is paid, £20 is outstanding. In everyday life outstanding jobs are ones still to be done.

examples

• Your science project is outstanding! tree →
• She won an award for outstanding effort. tree →
• The view from the top was outstanding. tree →
• There are two pieces of homework still outstanding. tree →
• The bill of $80 had $25 outstanding. tree →
• He is an outstanding swimmer. tree →
• We need to sort out the outstanding problems before the trip. tree →
• The school was rated outstanding by the inspectors. tree →

note

No -er/-est forms; say «truly outstanding», «most outstanding». Two quite different meanings: praise (excellent) and «still owed or left to do» — read the context. In maths, outstanding = remaining, found by subtracting what is paid or done from the total.

In the corpora

• "Outstanding balance" means money you still owe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «outstanding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.