"outclass" meaning in English

See outclass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /aʊtˈklæs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outclass.wav [UK] Forms: outclass [canonical], outclasses [third-person, singular], outclassed [past], outclassed [past, participle], outclassing [present, participle]
Etymology: out- + class Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|out|class}} out- + class Head templates: {{verb|outclass|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you outclass someone, you surpass them so as to appear to be of a higher class than them.
    Sense id: simple-outclass-en-verb-m~H95q0c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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