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outdoes

outdoes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outdo.

Meaning of outdo

Verb

outdo (third-person singular simple present outdoes, present participle outdoing, simple past outdid, past participle outdone)

  1. (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
    • You've outdone yourself—another personal best!
    Synonyms:
    to outperform, to outrival, improve on, overtake, eclipse

Questions about outdoes

What is outdoes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outdoes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outdo.

Words near outdoes in the dictionary

  1. outdodged
  2. outdodges
  3. outdodging
  4. outdoer
  5. outdoers
  6. outdoes
  7. outdoing
  8. outdoings
  9. outdone
  10. Outdonesia
  11. outdoor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outdoes (page history and authors); outdo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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