Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
to outlearn

to outlearn

1 8.2
To get knowledge faster than someone else
  • verb
  • /aʊtˈlɜrn/
: aprender más rápido que
  • With his dedication, he is likely to outlearn everyone in the training program.

Examples

  • All of those economies outlearn us in STEM, which Tom Friedman rightly harps about like a broken record.

    Blog text (19)

  • I can outlearn you.

    Cape Fear (1991)

  • Almost 40% of women outlearn their husbands right now, and this number is continuing to rise.

    Blog text (18)

  • So women will be outlearning men; they just may have to be not married to do it?

    Blog text (23)

  • She can outlearn her classmates by studying every night.

  • The young prodigy seems to outlearn his peers by grasping concepts quickly.

How Much

to excel
81 3.7
to master
181 4.1
to outlearn
1 8.2
to learn
∞ 1.0
to pick up
776 2.6

Surface Forms

outlearn infinitive
outlearned past
outlearned past participle
outlearning present participle
outlearns third person singular

Morphology

outlearn = learn (transparent) = out + learn

The prefix 'out-' (to surpass) combined with 'learn' yields the straightforward meaning 'learn more or faster than someone else', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Outlearn joins out- ('more than' or 'beyond') and learn, so picture a race where you learn faster than someone else. That's why to outlearn someone is to learn more or faster than they do.