English [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
out- + do
Pronunciation [ edit ]
outdo (third-person singular simple present outdoes , present participle outdoing , simple past outdid , past participle outdone )
( transitive ) To excel ; go beyond in performance; surpass .
You've outdone yourself—another personal best!
Synonyms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
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)
Swedish: överträffa (sv)
References [ edit ]
“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 .
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