to outmatch
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6.4
- verb
- /aʊtˈmætʃ/
:
superar
- In the championship match, she was able to outmatch her opponent with superior tactics.
- hopelessly outmatched
- clearly outmatched
When we gave Michael his first show, obviously an intelligent guy, but he felt outmatched and he started reading.
- When we gave Michael his first show, obviously an intelligent guy, but he felt outmatched and he started reading.
- You just you go into these races with a level of self-confidence and belief in your own capacity and ability to outmatch the best of them.
- I think he's going to immediately know that he's outmatched and what what the good thing is.
- And the one thing in both of the fights that you've had, despite being outmatched, you showed hot and you've got a chin.
Examples
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We are technologically outmatched in every way.
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In a surprising turn, England's Savannah Marshall is looking outmatched.
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But we are able to at least outmatch the other animals.
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You easily outmatch my strengths.
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We must outsmart and outmatch the public enemy at every turn.
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The recruits were outmatched from the start.
Fiction book (1991) -
Our forces are outmatched.
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You are outmatched.
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Memphis has been outmatched in almost every facet of the football matchups this season.
Blog text (34) -
We simply have Wofford physically outmatched, particularly in the trenches.
Blog text (10)
Synonyms
100
4.6
To be better than another person or thing
58
3.0
Show a higher level of skill or quality than before
49
3.8
Defeat others in a contest to win a job or prize
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4.8
Do better than someone or something
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3.8
Be better than someone at something
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4.8
Do better and get more attention than others
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4.2
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
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7.1
To be much weaker than an opponent in a fight or competition
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4.6
To be much better than someone or something
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6.8
To become faster, better, or larger than another
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6.1
To do better than someone or something and win
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6.7
To gain more than someone else, especially in a competition
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6.7
Get much farther ahead of other people in a race or competition
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5.9
To get ahead of others in progress or achievement
To be better than others in skill or quality
To be better than another person or thing
Be better than someone or something in a competition
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
To impress people more than others
Antonyms
How Superior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outmatch combines the prefix out- meaning 'more' or 'beyond' with match meaning 'a contest' or 'an equal'. So to outmatch someone is to 'do better' than them, to beat them in skill or ability.