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outpoint

outpoint verb: to score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).

Verb

outpoint (third-person singular simple present outpoints, present participle outpointing, simple past and past participle outpointed)

  1. To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).
    • It was clear that the Queen, if she indeed proved to be the target, would be outpointed for grooming and hauteur.2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 225
    • Speaking from the Philippines, where he easily outpointed Argentine Angel Hugo Ramirez in front of a sellout crowd of almost 10,000 on Saturday night, Katsidis said he was ready to fight in front of Australian fans after an absence of two years.2009 February 2, Bernie Pramberg, “Michael Katsidis chases return bout with Cuban great”, in Herald Sun
  2. To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).

Noun

outpoint (plural outpoints)

  1. The closing portion of an edited sequence of audio or video.
    • Edit the clip in to the sequence by making the outpoint of the source clip the first frame of the reverse motion.2009, Greg Staten, Steve Bayes, The Avid Handbook, page 192
    Antonyms:
    inpoint

Antonyms of outpoint

Forms of outpoint

Verb
third-person singular presentoutpoints
present participleoutpointing
past participleoutpointed
pastoutpointed
Noun
pluraloutpoints

Origin of outpoint

From out- + point.

Questions about outpoint

What does outpoint mean?
Outpoint means to score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).
What part of speech is outpoint?
Outpoint can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of outpoint?
The past tense of outpoint is outpointed.

Words near outpoint in the dictionary

  1. outplots
  2. outplotted
  3. outplotting
  4. outpocketing
  5. outpocketings
  6. outpoint
  7. outpointed
  8. outpointing
  9. outpoints
  10. outpoise
  11. outpoised

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