"outsmart" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outsmart.wav [Southern-England] Forms: outsmarts [present, singular, third-person], outsmarting [participle, present], outsmarted [participle, past], outsmarted [past]
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  1. (transitive) To beat in a competition of wits. Tags: transitive Synonyms: outfox, outguess, outwit Derived forms: outsmarter Translations (beat in a competition of wits): надхитря́вам (nadhitrjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), надхитря́ (nadhitrjá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), ser més llest que algú (Catalan), 智勝 /智胜 (zhìshèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 智取 (zhìqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), přechytračit (Czech), slimmer zijn dan (Dutch), superruzi (Esperanto), olla ovelampi (Finnish), päihittää oveluudessa (Finnish), être plus malin que (French), se montrer plus malin que (French), ჭკუაში მოტყუება (č̣ḳuaši moṭq̇ueba) (Georgian), ხერხში ჯობნა (xerxši ǯobna) (Georgian), überlisten (German), ξεγελώ (xegeló) (Greek), túljár az eszén (Hungarian), rorerau (Māori), whakawareware (Māori), przechytrzać [imperfective] (Polish), przechytrzyć [perfective] (Polish), ser mais esperto que (Portuguese), перехитри́ть (perexitrítʹ) (Russian), burlar (Spanish), ser más listo que (Spanish), superar en inteligencia (Spanish), överlista (Swedish), hakkından gelmek (Turkish), перехитро́вувати (perexytróvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перехитрува́ти (perexytruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), перехитри́ти (perexytrýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "č̣ḳuaši moṭq̇ueba",
          "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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          "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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          "roman": "perexitrítʹ",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Māori translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
      ],
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To beat in a competition of wits."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "wit",
          "wit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To beat in a competition of wits."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)t"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "outfox"
    },
    {
      "word": "outguess"
    },
    {
      "word": "outwit"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "nadhitrjávam",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "надхитря́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "nadhitrjá",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "надхитря́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ser més llest que algú"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zhìshèng",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "智勝 /智胜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zhìqǔ",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "智取"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "přechytračit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "slimmer zijn dan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "superruzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "olla ovelampi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "päihittää oveluudessa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "être plus malin que"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "se montrer plus malin que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "č̣ḳuaši moṭq̇ueba",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ჭკუაში მოტყუება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "xerxši ǯobna",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ხერხში ჯობნა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "überlisten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "xegeló",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ξεγελώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "túljár az eszén"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "rorerau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "whakawareware"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przechytrzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przechytrzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ser mais esperto que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "perexitrítʹ",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "перехитри́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "burlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ser más listo que"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "superar en inteligencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "överlista"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "hakkından gelmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "perexytróvuvaty",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перехитро́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "perexytruváty",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перехитрува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "perexytrýty",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перехитри́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outsmart"
}

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