outscore

Language: en

🇺🇸 /aʊˈtskɔr/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To score more points than an opponent or competitor in a game, contest, or evaluation.; To achieve a higher score or rating than someone else on a test, assessment, or comparison.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: outscores Past: outscored Past part.: outscored Pres part.: outscoring

Collocations

outscore the opponentoutscore by a wide marginoutscore in the second half

Synonyms

outperformsurpassexceedoutdobeat

Antonyms

underperform

Commonly confused

outsource
EN: 'Outsource' means to contract work to an external party; 'outscore' means to achieve a higher score than someone else.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'outscore' with 'outsource'—they look similar but have entirely different meanings.

💬 Examples

  1. The home team outscored their rivals 98 to 85 in the championship game.

  2. Students who studied in groups tended to outscore those who studied alone.