outsmarting
outsmarting is the present participle and gerund of outsmart.
Meaning of outsmart
Verb
outsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted)
- To beat in a competition of wits.
- Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing.2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021
Noun
outsmarting (plural outsmartings)
- An instance of somebody being outsmarted.
- If I am five years old I perceive Bugs as a funny bunny with a unique voice and I appreciate his slapstick pie-in-the-face humor, especially his manipulations and outsmartings of Elmer Fudd, his arch nemesis.2010, George Comstock, Erica Scharrer, Media and the American Child, page 61
Forms of outsmarting
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Questions about outsmarting
- What does outsmarting mean?
- Outsmarting means an instance of somebody being outsmarted.
- What is outsmarting the present participle and gerund of?
- Outsmarting is the present participle and gerund of outsmart.
- What part of speech is outsmarting?
- Outsmarting is a noun.
- What is the plural of outsmarting?
- The plural of outsmarting is outsmartings.
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