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Definitions: Outsmart |
OutsmartVerb1. Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors". 2. Defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: OutsmartSynonyms: beat (v), circumvent (v), outfox (v), outmaneuver (v), outmanoeuvre (v), outwit (v), overreach (v). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | You can't outsmart carnival folk. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Well he can't outsmart me, 'cause I'm a moron. (Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk; writing credit: Michael Maltese) Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, Muleskinner? (Little Big Man; writing credit: Thomas Berger; Calder Willingham) | |
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| "Outsmart" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Outsmart" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
outsmart | 340 |
outsmart b2k | 52 |
game outsmart | 24 |
ashanti outsmart | 12 |
msn outsmart | 11 |
gallery outsmart | 7 |
b2k.com outsmart | 5 |
3lw outsmart | 5 |
magazine outsmart | 5 |
celebrity outsmart | 4 |
com outsmart | 4 |
houston outsmart | 3 |
outsmart play | 3 |
hawk outsmart tony | 2 |
j lo outsmart | 2 |
ja outsmart rule | 2 |
jlo outsmart | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "outsmart"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vë në majë të gishtit (outwit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاقه دهاء وحيلة, كان أكثر دهاء وحيلة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надхитрям (cheat, circumvent, outflank, outfox, outmaneuver, outwit, overreach, pip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přelstít (best, outwit, overreach), přechytraèit (overreach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیشدستی کردن , زرنگی بیشتری بکاربردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se montrer plus malin que, être plus malin que. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überlisten (dupe, outflank, outfox, outwit, to outfox, to outsmart, to outwit, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξεγελώ (bamboozle, bite, deceive, delude, diddle, euchre, fake out, have on, hocus, hoodwink, inveigle, juggle, outwit, spoof, trick), φαίνομαι πιό έξυπνοσ (outwit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túljár valaki eszén (jew, outwit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | superare in astuzia (outwit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outsmartay ser mais esperto que (outwit), levar a melhor sobre (outdo, outvie, overbear, overcome a difficulty, overmature, overreach, overtop, worst), borda (border, brim, brink, brow, edge, edging, flap, fringe, hem, limb, Marge, margin, rim, river bank, shore, side, skirt, skirting, verge). (various references) pãcãli (cheat, deceive, diddle, do, dupe, fool, gammon, get, gull, hoax, hocus, hornswoggle, kid, let in, lime, nobble, outflank, outwit, sell, Spruce, stuff, trick, trump, twist), fi mai deştept decât (outwit), duce (bear, blow away, bring, carry, convey, deliver, die, drive, duke, fare, fool, go, guide, kid, lead, live, palm off, prosecute, pull, push, support, take, tend, wage, wear), întrece în deşteptãciune. (various references) перехитрить (circumvent, double-cross, outflank, outfox, outguess, out-jockey, outmaneuver, outwit, overreach). (various references) nadmudriti (circumvent, dish, outfox, outmaneuver, outwit). (various references) ser más listo que (outfox, outwit), engañar (bamboozle, be deceptive, befool, beguile, belie, betray, bilk, bite, bluff, buffalo, cheat, cheat on, circumvent, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do a room, double cross, dupe, fob, fool, hoax, hocus, hoodwink, kill, mislead, mystify, pull a fast one, put across, put off, put over, put upon, spoof, stay, swindle, take in, trick, while away), burlar (chaff, circumvent, deceive, deride, dish, escape, get by, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, live up, outflank, outwit, spoof, taunt, trick). (various references) överlista (circumvent, euchre, outflank, outfox, outjockey, out-jockey, outwit). (various references) zekâsı ile altetmek (outwit), kurnazlıkla yenmek (outwit), daha akıllıca davranmak. (various references) перехитрити (circumvent, outgeneral, out-jockey, outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outwit, overreach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "outsmart": outsmarted, outsmarting, outsmarts. (additional references) | |
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"Outsmart" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Othmar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "outsmart" (pronounced ou"tsmÄ'rt) |
| 3 | -Ä' r t | counterpart, mouthpart, multipart, oxcart, sweetheart, upstart. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: stratum. | |
-2 letters: amours, ottars, outsat, ramous, stator, stroma, struma, tarots, trouts, tumors, tutors, utmost. | |
-3 letters: amort, amour, arums, atoms, autos, marts, matts, mauts, moats, moras, morts, motts, muras, mutts, ottar, ramus, ratos, roams, roast, rotas, roust, routs, smart, start, stoat, stoma, storm, stour, stout, strum, strut, sturt, sutra, sutta, taros, tarot, tarts, tauts. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: outsmarts, tautomers. | |
+2 letters: mouthparts, mutilators, outsmarted, postpartum, stimulator. | |
+3 letters: autoerotism, commutators, masturbator, maturations, natatoriums, outsmarting, petrolatums, scoutmaster, stimulators, stimulatory, tautomerism, tetramerous, tournaments, ultrasmooth. | |
+4 letters: atheromatous, autoerotisms, erythematous, masturbation, masturbators, masturbatory, menstruation, nimbostratus, permutations, portmanteaus, scoutmasters, stratocumuli, tautomerisms, tetrazoliums. | |
+5 letters: accouterments, accoutrements, autoeroticism, counterstream, documentarist, malnutritions, masturbations, menstruations, overstimulate, posttraumatic, protactiniums, restimulation, stratocumulus, tetradynamous, transmountain, transmutation, ultramontanes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 74 73 6D 61 72 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- - ... -- .- .-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01110100 01110011 01101101 01100001 01110010 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u t s m a r t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0074 0073 006D 0061 0072 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4987868579678486 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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