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outreport en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + report.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To surpass in reporting.
    • For the next three decades, she wrote for wire services from Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines and India, living outside the usual expat neighborhoods, learning the languages, outreporting many of her younger colleagues and using her own modest income to supplement the salaries of in-country wire-service staff. 2007 December 30, Maggie Jones, “She Was Supposed to Be Dead”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outreporting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outreports Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outreported Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outreported Tense=Past lexicographic