Meanings
verboutdo (third-person singular simple present outdoes, present participle outdoing, simple past outdid, past participle outdone)
present singular third person outdoes · participle present outdoing · past outdid · participle past outdone · alternative out-do
- transitiveTo excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
You've outdone yourself—another personal best!
Synonyms: to outperform, to outrival, improve on, overtake, eclipse
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
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More synonyms by meaning
verbbe or do something to a greater degree
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Proto-Germanic*dōną
- Proto-West Germanic*dōn
- Old Englishdōn
- Middle Englishdon
- Englishdo
- Englishoutdo
Translations
Ancient Greek ὑπερβάλλω
- ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō)to go beyond
Bulgarian надминавам, превъзхождам
- надминавам (nadminavam)to go beyond
- превъзхождам (prevăzhoždam)to go beyond
Chinese Mandarin 超過 /超过, 勝過 /胜过
- 超過 /超过 (chāoguò)to go beyond
- 勝過 /胜过 (shèngguò)to go beyond
Czech překonat
- překonatto go beyond
Dutch overtreffen
- overtreffento go beyond
Finnish päihittää
- päihittääto go beyond
French surpasser
- surpasserto go beyond
German übertreffen
- übertreffento go beyond
Hungarian felülmúl, túltesz
- felülmúlto go beyond
- túlteszto go beyond
- túlszárnyalto go beyond
- lepipálto go beyond
Indonesian melampaui
- melampauito go beyond
Italian fare meglio
- fare meglioto go beyond
Japanese 凌ぐ, 打ち勝つ
- 凌ぐ (shinogu)to go beyond
- 打ち勝つ (uchikatsu)to go beyond
Latin superō, praecellō
- superōto go beyond
- praecellōto go beyond
Māori pahika
- pahikato go beyond
Polish prześcigać, prześcignąć
- prześcigaćto go beyond
- prześcignąćto go beyond
- przewyższaćto go beyond
- przewyższaćto go beyond
Portuguese superar
- superarto go beyond
Russian превосходи́ть, превзойти́
- превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹ)to go beyond
- превзойти́ (prevzojtí)to go beyond
- перещеголя́ть (pereščegoljátʹ)to go beyond
Spanish lucirse, excederse a sí mismo
- lucirseto go beyond
- excederse a sí mismoto go beyond
Swedish överträffa
- överträffato go beyond
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with outdo
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APA
outdo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdo
MLA
“outdo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outdo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdo.
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