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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

outbook en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + book.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To achieve more bookings than someone or something.
    • Supervising the front desk, she regularly outbooked her peers by £1,000 a night. 1990, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, volume 183, page 42:
  2. (transitive) To surpass in one's knowledge of book moves.
    • Then on move 13, Deep Thought II surprisingly found itself outbooked and in a difficult position. 2013, Monty Newborn, Deep Blue: An Artificial Intelligence Milestone, page 76:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outbooks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outbooked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outbooked Tense=Past lexicographic
outbooking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic