outstand

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- +‎ stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ænd === Verb === outstand (third-person singular simple present outstands, present participle outstanding, simple past and past participle outstood) (transitive, archaic) To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding. (transitive) To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay. (intransitive) To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent. (intransitive, nautical, archaic) To stand out to sea. (intransitive, archaic) To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined. ==== Synonyms ==== (to be prominent): See also Thesaurus:stand out ==== Derived terms ==== outstander outstanding outstanding term === References === “outstand”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === stand out, stand-out, standout