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- [out-went]
- /ˌaʊtˈwɛnt/
- /aʊt.ˈwent/
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- [out-went]
- /ˌaʊtˈwɛnt/
Definitions of outwent word
- verb outwent simple past tense of outgo. 1
- noun plural outwent the act or process of going out: Her illness occasioned a tremendous outgo of affectionate concern. 1
- noun plural outwent money paid out; expenditure: a record of income and outgo. 1
- noun plural outwent something that goes out; outflow: The outgo of electrical energy had to be increased. 1
- verb with object outwent to go beyond; outdistance: to outgo the minimum rquirements. 1
- verb with object outwent to surpass, excel, or outdo: Each child was encouraged to outgo the others. 1
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Origin of outwent
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; out- + go1
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Parts of speech for Outwent
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
outwent popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
outwent usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for outwent
verb outwent
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- surpassed — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- exceeded — Simple past tense and past participle of exceed.
- excelled — Simple past tense and past participle of excel.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
noun outwent
- cost — The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.
- expensed — Simple past tense and past participle of expense.
- figured — ornamented with a device or pattern: figured silk; figured wallpaper.
- outlaid — simple past tense and past participle of outlay.
- output — the act of turning out; production: the factory's output of cars; artistic output.
Antonyms for outwent
verb outwent
- failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
- lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- denied — to withhold something from, or refuse to grant a request of: to deny a beggar.
- got — a simple past tense and past participle of get.
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