verb
Meaning 1
To score more than.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
outscore
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CMU ARPABET: AW0 T S K AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
score more points than one's opponents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outpoint
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score English outscore From out- + score.