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outserving

outserving is the present participle and gerund 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 outserving

What is outserving the present participle and gerund of?
Outserving is the present participle and gerund of outserve.

Words near outserving in the dictionary

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

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