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outmanage

outmanage verb: to surpass in management; to manage better than.

Verb

outmanage (third-person singular simple present outmanages, present participle outmanaging, simple past and past participle outmanaged)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in management; to manage better than.
    • ROBERT L. RODRIGUEZ runs the FPA Capital fund, and by most measures he has outmanaged his peers.2008 April 6, Norm Alster, “It Wasn’t the Time to Be ‘Fully Invested’”, in New York Times

Forms of outmanage

third-person singular presentoutmanages
present participleoutmanaging
past participleoutmanaged
pastoutmanaged

Origin of outmanage

From out- + manage.

Questions about outmanage

What does outmanage mean?
Outmanage means to surpass in management; to manage better than.
What part of speech is outmanage?
Outmanage is a verb.
What is the past tense of outmanage?
The past tense of outmanage is outmanaged.

Words near outmanage in the dictionary

  1. outmagic
  2. outmagicked
  3. outmagicking
  4. outmagics
  5. outman
  6. outmanage
  7. outmanaged
  8. outmanages
  9. outmanaging
  10. outmaneuver
  11. outmaneuvered

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