outscore

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verb

To score more than.

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Meanings

verboutscore (third-person singular simple present outscores, present participle outscoring, simple past and past participle outscored)

present singular third person outscores · participle present outscoring · participle past outscored · past outscored

  1. transitiveTo score more than.

    A gymnast who performs a difficult vault with some flaws can outscore one who does an easier vault cleanly.

    2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024
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    Hollande is another possible candidate to succeed President Jacques Chirac - but Royal consistently outscores him in opinion polls.

    2005 September 30, Katrin Bennhold, “She thinks a woman's place is in the Elysée”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2020

    But the car that outscored them all was the outrageous, wheelstanding Little Red Wagon pickup, which went for more than half a million dollars.

    2009 October 11, Paul Stenquist, “A Market for Cars Born to Run”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022

    Here’s a look at McDavid’s scoring and outscoring numbers from the last three regular seasons, the previous two playoff runs and then this year’s postseason totals.

    2024 May 27, Allan Mitchell, “Breaking down Connor McDavid’s impact on the Oilers’ playoff run”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

verbscore more points than one's opponents

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  8. Proto-Germanic*skurō
  9. Old Norseskor
  10. Old Englishscoru
  11. Middle Englishscore
  12. Englishscore
  13. Englishoutscore

From out- + score.

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APA

outscore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outscore

MLA

“outscore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outscore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outscore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outscore.

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