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outdoing

outdoing is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

outdoing (plural outdoings)

  1. The act by which one person outdoes another.
    • It appears to me to be saying next to nothing, when they say that such a performer is capital, another inferior, that one has outdone his usual outdoings, and that another has outdone the outdoings of every body else.1805, George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank, The Spirit of the Public Journals (quoting a correspondent, "Dangle")

Forms of outdoing

pluraloutdoings

Questions about outdoing

What does outdoing mean?
Outdoing means the act by which one person outdoes another.
What is outdoing the present participle and gerund of?
Outdoing is the present participle and gerund of outdo.
What part of speech is outdoing?
Outdoing is a noun.
What is the plural of outdoing?
The plural of outdoing is outdoings.

Words near outdoing in the dictionary

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

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