outdo

English

Etymology

out- +‎ do

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈdu/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Verb

outdo (third-person singular simple present outdoes, present participle outdoing, simple past outdid, past participle outdone)

(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
You've outdone yourself—another personal best!

Synonyms

(to surpass): to outperform, to outrival

Translations

to go beyond

Bulgarian: надминавам (bg) (nadminavam), превъзхождам (bg) (prevǎzhoždam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 超過／超过 (zh) (chāoguò), 勝過／胜过 (zh) (shèngguò)
Czech: překonat (cs)
Dutch: overtreffen (nl)
Finnish: päihittää (fi)
French: surpasser (fr)
Galician: superar (gl)
German: übertreffen (de)
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurarahnjan)
Greek:
Ancient: ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō)
Hungarian: felülmúl (hu), túltesz (hu), túlszárnyal (hu), lepipál
Indonesian: melampaui (id)
Italian: fare meglio
Japanese: 凌ぐ (ja) (しのぐ, shinogu), 打ち勝つ (うちかつ, uchikatsu)
Latin: superō, praecellō
Maori: pahika
Persian: ^{(please verify)} بهتر انجام دادن از کسی دیگر‎
Portuguese: superar (pt)
Russian: превосходи́ть (ru) impf (prevosxodítʹ), превзойти́ (ru) pf (prevzojtí), перещеголя́ть (ru) pf (pereščegoljátʹ)
Spanish: exceder (es), sobrepasar (es), pasar (es)
Swedish: överträffa (sv)

References

outdo in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
outdo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

do out