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outsmart en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.
    • Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing. 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outsmarted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outsmarted Tense=Past lexicographic
outsmarts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outsmarting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

outsmarter

Synonyms

outfox · outwit · outguess

Translations (31)

nl slimmer zijn dan (beat in a competition of wits) · cs přechytračit (beat in a competition of wits) · cmn 智取 (beat in a competition of wits) · pt ser mais esperto que (beat in a competition of wits) · fi päihittää oveluudessa (beat in a competition of wits) · ka ჭკუაში მოტყუება (beat in a competition of wits) · pl przechytrzać (beat in a competition of wits) · ka ხერხში ჯობნა (beat in a competition of wits) · bg надхитря́ (beat in a competition of wits) · fr être plus malin que (beat in a competition of wits) · de überlisten (beat in a competition of wits) · tr hakkından gelmek (beat in a competition of wits) · fr se montrer plus malin que (beat in a competition of wits) · ru перехитри́ть (beat in a competition of wits) · pl przechytrzyć (beat in a competition of wits) · eo superruzi (beat in a competition of wits) · bg надхитря́вам (beat in a competition of wits) · es ser más listo que (beat in a competition of wits) · uk перехитрува́ти (beat in a competition of wits) · ca ser més llest que algú (beat in a competition of wits) · es burlar (beat in a competition of wits) · uk перехитри́ти (beat in a competition of wits) · mi rorerau (beat in a competition of wits) · es superar en inteligencia (beat in a competition of wits) · hu túljár az eszén (beat in a competition of wits) · cmn 智勝 /智胜 (beat in a competition of wits) · sv överlista (beat in a competition of wits) · el ξεγελώ (beat in a competition of wits) · fi olla ovelampi (beat in a competition of wits) · mi whakawareware (beat in a competition of wits) · uk перехитро́вувати (beat in a competition of wits)