Meanings
verboutturn (third-person singular simple present outturns, present participle outturning, simple past and past participle outturned)
present singular third person outturns · participle present outturning · participle past outturned · past outturned
- transitiveTo surpass in turning; to turn better than.
“Sometimes your enemy will have a plane that can outturn yours and outclimb you, but you can suck him right into a trap and your wingman can take him out,” Tommy explained.
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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*terh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
- Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
- Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
- Latintornus
- Latintornō
- Proto-West Germanic*turnēn
- Old Englishturnian
- Latintornō
- Old Frenchtorner
- Middle Englishturnen
- Englishturn
- Englishoutturn
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Cite this entry
APA
outturn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outturn
MLA
“outturn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outturn. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outturn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outturn.
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