"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]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Etymology: out- + smart Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|smart}} out- + smart Head templates: {{en-verb}} outsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted)
  1. (transitive) To beat in a competition of wits. Tags: transitive Synonyms: outfox, outguess, outwit Translations (beat in a competition of wits): надхитря́вам (nadhitrjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), надхитря́ (nadhitrjá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), ser més llest que algú (Catalan), 智勝 (Chinese Mandarin), 智胜 (zhìshèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 智取 (zhìqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), přechytračit (Czech), 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 (Maori), whakawareware (Maori), przechytrzyć (Polish), ser mais esperto que (Portuguese), перехитри́ть (perexitrítʹ) (Russian), burlar (Spanish), överlista (Swedish), hakkından gelmek (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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        "(transitive) To beat in a competition of wits."
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "olla ovelampi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "päihittää oveluudessa"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "être plus malin que"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "se montrer plus malin que"
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      "roman": "č̣ḳuaši moṭq̇ueba",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ჭკუაში მოტყუება"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xerxši ǯobna",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "ხერხში ჯობნა"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "überlisten"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xegeló",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "túljár az eszén"
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
      "word": "rorerau"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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      "sense": "beat in a competition of wits",
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