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outlisten

outlisten verb: to listen better than.

Verb

outlisten (third-person singular simple present outlistens, present participle outlistening, simple past and past participle outlistened)

  1. (transitive) To listen better than.
    • You've outlistened me.2014, Ken Willidau, Clothes Really Do Make the Man: My Life as a Fashion Victim, page 118
    • Deflate arguing by outlistening the other person.1984, United States Marine Corps, User's Guide to Marine Corps Leadership, page 5

Forms of outlisten

third-person singular presentoutlistens
present participleoutlistening
past participleoutlistened
pastoutlistened

Origin of outlisten

From out- + listen.

Questions about outlisten

What does outlisten mean?
Outlisten means to listen better than.
What part of speech is outlisten?
Outlisten is a verb.
What is the past tense of outlisten?
The past tense of outlisten is outlistened.

Words near outlisten in the dictionary

  1. outlingering
  2. outlingers
  3. outlining
  4. outlink
  5. outlinks
  6. outlisten
  7. outlistened
  8. outlistening
  9. outlistens
  10. outlitigate
  11. outlitigated

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