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outskill

outskill verb: to surpass in skill.

Verb

outskill (third-person singular simple present outskills, present participle outskilling, simple past and past participle outskilled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in skill.
    • The “Dutch” tended to get forward more slowly, but ultimately gained a social foothold through their talent for prosperity and their ability to outskill the Americans in handicrafts, to contribute to social amenities through their music, […]1926, Norwegian-American Historical Association, Studies and Records, page 58
    • Always one has to anticipate the others (or others') actions and try to outwit as well as outnerve and outskill the others.1990, Charles Hartshorne, The Darkness and the Light, page 97
  2. To outsource the skilled part of an enterprise.

Forms of outskill

third-person singular presentoutskills
present participleoutskilling
past participleoutskilled
pastoutskilled

Origin of outskill

From out- + skill.

Questions about outskill

What does outskill mean?
Outskill means to surpass in skill.
What part of speech is outskill?
Outskill is a verb.
What is the past tense of outskill?
The past tense of outskill is outskilled.

Words near outskill in the dictionary

  1. outskates
  2. outskating
  3. outski
  4. outskied
  5. outskiing
  6. outskill
  7. outskilled
  8. outskilling
  9. outskills
  10. outskin
  11. outskinned

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