outsmart

English

Etymology

out- +‎ smart

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Verb

outsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted)

1. (transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.
   • 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• outfox, outguess, outwit

Translations

beat in a competition of wits

• Bulgarian: надхитря́вам impf (nadhitrjávam), надхитря́ (bg) pf (nadhitrjá)
• Catalan: ser més llest que algú
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 智勝／智胜 (zhìshèng), 智取 (zh) (zhìqǔ)

• Czech: přechytračit
• Esperanto: superruzi
• Finnish: olla ovelampi, päihittää oveluudessa
• French: être plus malin que, se montrer plus malin que
• Georgian: ჭკუაში მოტყუება (č̣ḳuaši moṭq̇ueba), ხერხში ჯობნა (xerxši ǯobna)
• German: überlisten (de)
• Greek: ξεγελώ (el) (xegeló)
• Hungarian: túljár az eszén
• Maori: rorerau, whakawareware
• Polish: przechytrzyć
• Portuguese: ser mais esperto que
• Russian: перехитри́ть (ru) (perexitrítʹ)
• Spanish: burlar (es)
• Swedish: överlista (sv)
• Turkish: hakkından gelmek (tr)

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