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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#m1)

2) Outstanding means not yet paid, done or sorted out: outstanding homework, an outstanding bill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#m2)

3) Outstanding can mean standing out, easy to notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x1)
- She won an award for outstanding effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x2)
- The view from the top was outstanding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x3)
- There are two pieces of homework still outstanding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x4)
- The bill of $80 had $25 outstanding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x5)
- He is an outstanding swimmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x6)
- We need to sort out the outstanding problems before the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x7)
- The school was rated outstanding by the inspectors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outstanding» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstanding/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.