Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To wait for something to end.

  2. (transitive)To gain an advantage by simply waiting.

Forms

outwaits, outwaiting, outwaited, outwaited
Base formoutwait · to outwait
3rd person singularoutwaits
Present participleoutwaiting
Past simpleoutwaited
Past participleoutwaited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutwait
he, she, itoutwaits

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutwaited

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outwait

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outstandinglyoutstretchoutstripouttaoutwardB1

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