"outstand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outstands [present, singular, third-person], outstanding [participle, present], outstood [participle, past], outstood [past]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outstanden}} Middle English outstanden, {{m|enm|utstanden}} utstanden, {{prefix|en|out|stand}} out- + stand, {{cog|stq|uutstounde|t=to bear, tolerate}} Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), {{cog|nl|uitstaan|t=to abide, suffer, dree}} Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), {{cog|de|ausstehen|t=to stand, endure, abide}} German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), {{cog|sv|utstå|t=to suffer, endure, pass through}} Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”) Head templates: {{en-verb|outstands|outstanding|outstood}} outstand (third-person singular simple present outstands, present participle outstanding, simple past and past participle outstood)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-outstand-en-verb-CocgqaIz
  2. (transitive) To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outstand-en-verb-Hhb1HnKr
  3. (intransitive) To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-outstand-en-verb-3vWPLGMv
  4. (intransitive, nautical, archaic) To stand out to sea. Tags: archaic, intransitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-outstand-en-verb-UP3h5P5T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 17 14 36 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 14 17 20 35 15 Topics: nautical, transport
  5. (intransitive, archaic) To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-outstand-en-verb-zEkrS3oY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: outstander, outstanding, outstanding term

Inflected forms

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