outdo

«outdo» in Mova's school dictionary: to do better than them, to beat them at something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (outdo, outdoes, outdid, outdone, outdoing)

meaning for a pupil

To outdo someone is to do better than them, to beat them at something. tree →

sense in the lessons

clever rivals try to beat each other with tricks or tasks

examples

• Can you outdo me at running? tree →
• The clever fox tried to outdo the wolf. tree →
• Sam tried to outdo his sister with a bigger cake. tree →

note

it shows a comparison: if one amount outdoes another, the difference between them is found by subtracting

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «outdo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.