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outserves

outserves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outserve.

Meaning of outserve

Verb

outserve (third-person singular simple present outserves, present participle outserving, simple past and past participle outserved)

  1. (transitive) To serve more or better than.
    • Even the National Provincial Bank, the Company's bankers, believed that he had outserved his time.2006, William Roger Louis, Ends of British imperialism, page 763

Questions about outserves

What is outserves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outserves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outserve.

Words near outserves in the dictionary

  1. outserts
  2. outservant
  3. outservants
  4. outserve
  5. outserved
  6. outserves
  7. outserving
  8. outset
  9. outsets
  10. outsetter
  11. outsetters

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