verb · irregular · transitive · rare

outstand

outstand · outstands · outstood · outstanding

To surpass in standingTo surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.
(intransitive)To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
(archaic, transitive)To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
(archaic, intransitive)To stand out to sea.
(archaic, intransitive)To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.

Origin

From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with Saterl

From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”).

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Forms

outstands, outstanding, outstood, outstood

Base form	outstand · to outstand
3rd person singular	outstands
Present participle	outstanding
Past simple	outstood
Past participle	outstood

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	outstand
he, she, it	outstands

Past simpleLesson

all persons

outstood

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have outstood
he, she, it	has outstood

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will outstand

Word family

2 related words

DerivedoutstandingB1 outstander

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle