Meaning

1 senses

  1. To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

More definitions
  • beat through cleverness and wit

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Tom outwitted Mary.

    Том перехитрив Мері. — deniko

    ruТом перехитрил Мэри. — sharptoothed

    deTom hat Mary ausgetrickst. — Tamy

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  2. Tom is often outwitted by Mary.

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  3. Tom was outwitted by Mary.

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  4. Tom managed to outwit Mary.

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  5. I was outwitted by Tom.

    ruТом меня перехитрил. — marafon

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

outwits, outwitting, outwitted, outwitted
Base formoutwit · to outwit
3rd person singularoutwits
Present participleoutwitting
Past simpleoutwitted
Past participleoutwitted

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutwit
he, she, itoutwits

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutwitted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outwit

Synonyms

6 synonyms
outfoxoutguessoutsmartoverreachcircumvent
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Derivedoutwittaloutwitter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outwardB1outwardlyB2outwardsoutweighB1ouzoovalB2ovary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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