outdo

See also: out-do

English

Alternative forms

• out-do

Etymology

From out- +‎ do.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈdu/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

outdo (third-person singular simple present outdoes, present participle outdoing, simple past outdid, past participle outdone)

1. (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

   You've outdone yourself—another personal best!

Synonyms

• (to surpass): to outperform, to outrival

Translations

to go beyond

• Bulgarian: надминавам (bg) (nadminavam), превъзхождам (bg) (prevǎzhoždam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超過／超过 (zh) (chāoguò), 勝過／胜过 (zh) (shèngguò)

• Czech: překonat (cs)
• Dutch: overtreffen (nl)
• Finnish: päihittää (fi)
• French: surpasser (fr)
• Galician: superar (gl)
• German: übertreffen (de)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurarahnjan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō)

• Hungarian: felülmúl (hu), túltesz (hu), túlszárnyal (hu), lepipál (hu)
• Indonesian: melampaui (id)
• Italian: fare meglio
• Japanese: 凌ぐ (ja) (しのぐ, shinogu), 打ち勝つ (ja) (うちかつ, uchikatsu)
• Latin: superō, praecellō
• Maori: pahika
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} بهتر انجام دادن از کسی دیگر
• Polish: prześcigać impf, prześcignąć pf, przewyższać (pl) impf, przewyższać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: superar (pt)
• Russian: превосходи́ть (ru) impf (prevosxodítʹ), превзойти́ (ru) pf (prevzojtí), перещеголя́ть (ru) pf (pereščegoljátʹ)
• Spanish: exceder (es), sobrepasar (es), pasar (es), superar (es), mejorar (es), llevar en la balastra (Nicaragua)
• Swedish: överträffa (sv)

References

• “outdo”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “outdo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• do out