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outdo en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /aʊtˈdu/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English outdo From out- + do.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
    • You've outdone yourself—another personal best!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outdone Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
out-do alternative lexicographic
outdoing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outdid Tense=Past lexicographic
outdoes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

outdoer

Synonyms

overtake (to surpass) · improve on (to surpass) · to outperform (to surpass) · to outrival (to surpass) · eclipse (to surpass)

Translations (34)

pt superar (to go beyond) · es lucirse (to go beyond) · grc ὑπερβάλλω (to go beyond) · fr surpasser (to go beyond) · fi päihittää (to go beyond) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to go beyond) · hu túlszárnyal (to go beyond) · pl prześcignąć (to go beyond) · pl przewyższać (to go beyond) · nl overtreffen (to go beyond) · hu túltesz (to go beyond) · gl superar (to go beyond) · ru перещеголя́ть (to go beyond) · id melampaui (to go beyond) · cmn 超過 /超过 (to go beyond) · pl przewyższać (to go beyond) · ru превзойти́ (to go beyond) · sv överträffa (to go beyond) · la superō (to go beyond) · it fare meglio (to go beyond) · ru превосходи́ть (to go beyond) · de übertreffen (to go beyond) · es excederse a sí mismo (to go beyond) · bg превъзхождам (to go beyond) · hu lepipál (to go beyond) · cmn 勝過 /胜过 (to go beyond) · pl prześcigać (to go beyond) · la praecellō (to go beyond) · ja 凌ぐ (to go beyond) · mi pahika (to go beyond) · bg надминавам (to go beyond) · cs překonat (to go beyond) · hu felülmúl (to go beyond) · ja 打ち勝つ (to go beyond)