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outinnovate

outinnovate verb: to innovate better than another.

Verb

outinnovate (third-person singular simple present outinnovates, present participle outinnovating, simple past and past participle outinnovated)

  1. (transitive) To innovate better than another.
    • Microsoft has carefully cultivated an image of being an outfit that outthinks and outinnovates rivals.2004 October 15, Charles Cooper, “Microsoft: The reality behind the image”, in CNET, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2025
    • Those overall numbers are in line with Schumer's year-old plan to make NSF the spearpoint of a massive federal investment in research aimed at outinnovating China.2021 May 28, Jeffrey Mervis, “Biden backs new NSF tech directorate, but Senate balks”, in Science, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2024

Forms of outinnovate

third-person singular presentoutinnovates
present participleoutinnovating
past participleoutinnovated
pastoutinnovated

Origin of outinnovate

From out- + innovate.

Questions about outinnovate

What does outinnovate mean?
Outinnovate means to innovate better than another.
What part of speech is outinnovate?
Outinnovate is a verb.
What is the past tense of outinnovate?
The past tense of outinnovate is outinnovated.

Words near outinnovate in the dictionary

  1. outinfluencing
  2. outing
  3. outing flannel
  4. outing flannels
  5. outings
  6. outinnovate
  7. outinnovated
  8. outinnovates
  9. outinnovating
  10. outinsult
  11. outinsulted

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