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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

outserve en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + serve.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To serve more or better than.
    • Even the National Provincial Bank, the Company's bankers, believed that he had outserved his time. 2006, William Roger Louis, Ends of British imperialism, page 763:
    • Because if Venus wants it, you can’t outhit her, you can’t outserve her, and she and Serena, when they return serves, it’s just unbelievable. 2007 July 5, John Branch, “Venus Ousts Sharapova; Serena Falls to Henin”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outserved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outserved Tense=Past lexicographic
outserving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outserves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic