Dictionary

outclass en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /aʊtˈklæs/
• /aʊtˈklɑːs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English class English outclass From out- + class.

Meanings

1. (transitive) to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class
   • The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2013:
   • In the IQ test, he outclassed all the other applicants.
   • The 7th and 8th classes are identical with the Cape engines placed in service at the turn of the century, and are now outclassed for main line work but are used for shunting at the large depots and on one or two of the branch lines. 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 639:

Forms

Translations (7)

bg превъзхождам (To surpass something) · nb utklasse (To surpass something) · it surclassare (To surpass something) · fr surclasser (To surpass something) · de deklassieren (To surpass something) · bg надминавам (To surpass something) · es superar (To surpass something)