Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To surpass (someone) in learning.

    By eleven years old, the young genius had outlearned most of his teachers.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To learn (something) completely and thoroughly; to exhaust knowledge of.

Origin

From out- + learn.

From out- + learn.

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Forms

outlearns, outlearning, outlearned, outlearned
Base formoutlearn · to outlearn
3rd person singularoutlearns
Present participleoutlearning
Past simpleoutlearned / outlearnt
Past participleoutlearned / outlearnt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutlearn
he, she, itoutlearns

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutlearned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outlearned
he, she, ithas outlearned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outlearn

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outlandishoutlastoutlawB1outletB2outlieroutlineB2
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