Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Without reservation or qualification; openly.
- adverb Completely and entirely; wholly.
- adverb At once; straightway.
- adverb Without additional payments owing, constraints, or stipulations.
- adjective Presented without reservation; unqualified.
- adjective Complete; total.
- adjective Thoroughgoing; out-and-out.
- adjective Made without constraints, stipulations, or additional payments owed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Downright; unqualified: as, outright wickedness.
- Straight out; straight on.
- Total; entire: as, the outright sum was $3,000.
- Straight on; right onward; directly; hence, at once; immediately; without delay.
- To the full extent; completely; entirely; altogether; without reservation: as, to settle a bargain outright.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Immediately; without delay; at once.
- adverb Completely; utterly.
- adjective Downright; plain; unqualified; utter; straight-out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Wholly ,completely andentirely . - adverb
Openly and withoutreservation . - adverb
At once . - adverb With no
outstanding conditions . - adverb informal
Blatantly ;inexcusably . - adjective
Unqualified andunreserved . - adjective
Total orcomplete . - adjective Having no
outstanding conditions. - verb sports To release a player outright, without conditions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
- adjective without reservation or exception
- adverb without any delay
- adverb without reservation or concealment
Etymologies
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Examples
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Arizona can win the title outright by beating Oregon at home on Saturday.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I aim to win the title outright at West Ham and then to establish them in the Premier League.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It was the third consecutive championship for the Cougars, who won the title outright in 2008 and shared it with Edina last season.
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Buchanan (21-0-1, 8-0) can win the title outright with a victory in one of its final two regular-season games: Friday at Clovis East or Feb. 10 at home against Central.
Home By Nick Giannandrea / The Fresno Bee 2010
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Improving to 22-0 (7-0 Big Ten), Iowa now stands alone atop the conference regular season standings with a chance to clinch the title outright Sunday afternoon at Wisconsin.
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The Chinese finished the four-team tournament with seven points and will win the title outright if hosts Japan fail to beat South Korea by three goals in Tokyo later on Sunday.
Analysis 2010
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Finally, it was official -- the Nighthawks won the title outright thanks to a tiebreaking 79 from their fifth scorer, a senior who has been with the program since its inception.
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Buchanan (21-0-1, 8-0) can win the title outright with a victory in one of its final two regular-season games: Friday at Clovis East or Feb. 10 at home against Central.
Home By Nick Giannandrea / The Fresno Bee 2010
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They could win the title outright by winning Monday at Winslow Township.
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Buchanan (21-0-1, 8-0) can win the title outright with a victory in one of its final two regular-season games: Friday at Clovis East or Feb. 10 at home against Central.
Home By Nick Giannandrea / The Fresno Bee 2010
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