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outnaming

outnaming is the present participle and gerund of outname.

Meaning of outname

Verb

outname (third-person singular simple present outnames, present participle outnaming, simple past and past participle outnamed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To exceed in naming or describing.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To exceed in fame or degree.
    • And found out one to out-name thy other faults.c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V...

Questions about outnaming

What is outnaming the present participle and gerund of?
Outnaming is the present participle and gerund of outname.

Words near outnaming in the dictionary

  1. outmuscles
  2. outmuscling
  3. outname
  4. outnamed
  5. outnames
  6. outnaming
  7. outnerve
  8. outnerved
  9. outnerves
  10. outnerving
  11. outness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outnaming (page history and authors); outname (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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