Meanings
present singular third person outscores · participle present outscoring · participle past outscored · past outscored
- 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 20243 more examples
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 2020But 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 2022Here’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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
- Proto-Germanic*skurō
- Old Norseskor
- Old Englishscoru
- Middle Englishscore
- Englishscore
- Englishoutscore
Cite this entry
outscore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outscore
“outscore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outscore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outscore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outscore.
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