English
Etymology
From out- + smart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Verb
outsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted)
- (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.
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Translations
beat in a competition of wits
— see also outwit
- 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
- Dutch: slimmer zijn dan
- 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
- Māori: rorerau, whakawareware
- Polish: przechytrzyć
- Portuguese: ser mais esperto que
- Russian: перехитри́ть (ru) (perexitrítʹ)
- Spanish: burlar (es), ser más listo que, superar en inteligencia
- Swedish: överlista (sv)
- Turkish: hakkından gelmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: перехитро́вувати impf (perexytróvuvaty), перехитрува́ти pf (perexytruváty), перехитри́ти pf (perexytrýty)
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