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Definition: Outwit |
OutwitVerb1. Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "outwit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Synonyms: OutwitSynonyms: beat (v), circumvent (v), outfox (v), outsmart (v), overreach (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Success | Defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Outwit |
| English words defined with "outwit": chaser ♦ Overwit ♦ pursuer ♦ To make a fool of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "outwit": Bald ♦ Jackdaw ♦ Kangaroo ♦ Rat-trap. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We are, I assume, still trying to outwit each other? (The General's Daughter; writing credit: Christopher Bertolini) We'll have to outwit the fiend with our superior intelligence. (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dickie Dare. "The sheriff's men will be at our heels, Dickie, we must make for the forest to outwit the rogues!". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld | What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are. |
Minna Antrim | Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Such is the universal law, which no man can ever outwit, and with regard to the railroad even we may say it is as broad as it is long. |
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Health | In the course of this work on vaccines, scientists expect to uncover important information to use against other diseases, to learn more about the body's immune system, and ultimately to outwit the clever viruses that evade that system. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Outwit" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 96.61% of the time. "Outwit" is used about 59 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) | 96.61% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.39% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "outwit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vë në majë të gishtit (outsmart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاقه دهاء (outmaneuver), نثر (besprinkle, disperse, disseminate, distribute, drill, intersperse, prose, scatter, sow, sowing, sown, sprinkle, strew, strewing, yank), قص الأثر (scent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надхитрям (cheat, circumvent, outflank, outfox, outmaneuver, outsmart, overreach, pip), надлъгвам, заблуждавам (abuse, deceive, delude, disorient, disorientate, flim-flam, impose, misguide, mislead, mystify, stuff), подмамвам по невярна диря, изигравам (bamboozle, cheat, con, diddle, do smb., fob, hoodwink, let in, milk, play out, prey, sell, skin, skunk, suck in, trepan, trick, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyzrát, přelstít (best, outsmart, overreach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گول زدن (Bamboozle, Beguile, Cajole, Cheat, Con, Deceive, Defraud, Doodle, Dupe, Entrap, Fool, Gaff, Gouge, Gull, Gum, Gyp, Hoax, Hustle, Jockey, Rogue, Swindle, Wheedle), زرنگ تربودن از. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | talonner, semer, se montrer plus malin, dépister (smell out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überlisten (dupe, outflank, outfox, outsmart, to outfox, to outsmart, to outwit, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταστρατηγώ (circumvent, outgeneral, outguess), φαίνομαι πιό έξυπνοσ (outsmart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túljár valaki eszén (jew, outsmart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menang karena lebih cantik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | superare in ingegno, superare in astuzia (outsmart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 裏'掻く (to counterplot, to defeat, to outwit), 出し抜く (to anticipate, to circumvent, to forestall, to jump the gun on, to outwit, to steal a march on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うら'かく (to counterplot, to defeat, to outwit), しぬく (to anticipate, to circumvent, to forestall, to jump the gun on, to outwit, to steal a march on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mooie-cheeaylley (outwitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outwitay ultrapassar em peso, ser mais esperto que (outsmart), iludir (avoid, baffle, beguile, bluff, bypass, catch, cheat, deceive, delude, dodger, double cross, elude, ensoul, evade taxes, hocus pocus, humbug, impose, lie, mystify, sklent, trick, wile), despistar (baffle, foil). (various references) pãcãli (cheat, deceive, diddle, do, dupe, fool, gammon, get, gull, hoax, hocus, hornswoggle, kid, let in, lime, nobble, outflank, outsmart, sell, Spruce, stuff, trick, trump, twist), fi mai deştept decât (outsmart). (various references) перехитрить (circumvent, double-cross, outflank, outfox, outguess, out-jockey, outmaneuver, outsmart, overreach). (various references) nadmudriti (circumvent, dish, outfox, outmaneuver, outsmart). (various references) ser más listo que (outfox, outsmart), burlar (chaff, circumvent, deceive, deride, dish, escape, get by, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, live up, outflank, outsmart, spoof, taunt, trick). (various references) överlista (circumvent, euchre, outflank, outfox, outjockey, out-jockey, outsmart). (various references) zekâsı ile altetmek (outsmart), kurnazlıkla yenmek (outsmart), keklemek, çarpmak, atlatmak (beat smb. to it, bypass, circumvent, come through, dish, dodge, escape, get over, give smb. the slip, jump, let down, outride, overcome, Parry, pull through, put off, shake, skip, slip, stall off, take, throw off, tide over, turn, ward off). (various references) обдурити когось, перехитрити (circumvent, outgeneral, out-jockey, outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart, overreach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "outwit": outwits, outwitted, outwitting. (additional references) | |
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"Outwit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eatwot, Footitt, Hustwitt, huttwirt, Mountwich, oudit, outi, outpit, outswim, outwent, outwith, outwitt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-t-t-u-w" | |
-2 letters: toit, tout, twit. | |
-3 letters: out, tit, tot, tow, tui, tut, two, wit, wot. | |
-4 letters: it, ow, ti, to, ut, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-t-t-u-w" | |
+1 letter: outwait, outwits, outwrit, without. | |
+2 letters: outwaits, outwrite, whiteout, withouts. | |
+3 letters: outwaited, outwitted, outwrites, whiteouts. | |
+4 letters: outwaiting, outwasting, outwitting, outwriting, outwritten. | |
+5 letters: outthrowing, outtowering, outwatching, unworthiest, woodcutting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 74 77 69 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- - .--. .. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01110100 01110111 01101001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u t w i t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0074 0077 0069 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)498786897586 |
| 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, Albaneagh, 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, Arabish, 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, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, 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, Sheckagh, Sheckish, 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, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, 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, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, 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, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, 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, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, 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, Roomainagh, 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, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, 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, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, 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, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, 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, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, 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, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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