"outdo" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /aʊtˈdu/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outdo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: outdoes [present, singular, third-person], outdoing [participle, present], outdid [past], outdone [participle, past]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: out- + do Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|do}} out- + do Head templates: {{en-verb|outdoes|outdoing|outdid|outdone}} 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. Tags: transitive Synonyms: out-do Synonyms (to surpass): to outperform, to outrival Translations (to go beyond): ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō) (Ancient Greek), надминавам (nadminavam) (Bulgarian), превъзхождам (prevǎzhoždam) (Bulgarian), 超過 (Chinese Mandarin), 超过 (chāoguò) (Chinese Mandarin), 勝過 (Chinese Mandarin), 胜过 (shèngguò) (Chinese Mandarin), překonat (Czech), overtreffen (Dutch), päihittää (Finnish), surpasser (French), superar (Galician), übertreffen (German), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurarahnjan) (Gothic), felülmúl (Hungarian), túltesz (Hungarian), túlszárnyal (Hungarian), lepipál (Hungarian), melampaui (Indonesian), fare meglio (Italian), 凌ぐ (shinogu) (alt: しのぐ) (Japanese), 打ち勝つ (uchikatsu) (alt: うちかつ) (Japanese), superō (Latin), praecellō (Latin), pahika (Maori), prześcigać [imperfective] (Polish), prześcignąć [perfective] (Polish), przewyższać [imperfective] (Polish), przewyższać [perfective] (Polish), superar (Portuguese), превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), превзойти́ (prevzojtí) [perfective] (Russian), перещеголя́ть (pereščegoljátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), exceder (Spanish), sobrepasar (Spanish), pasar (Spanish), överträffa (Swedish)

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      "word": "перещеголя́ть"
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      "sense": "to go beyond",
      "word": "exceder"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to go beyond",
      "word": "sobrepasar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to go beyond",
      "word": "pasar"
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      "sense": "to go beyond",
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