Other forms: outclassed, outclassing, outclasses
To outclass is to be so much better that comparison is pointless. Outclass the opposition.
It means a difference of level rather than of margin, which is why a narrow win can still outclass. The out- means beyond, as in outrun and outlast.
1verboutclassTo be so much better that comparison is pointless.
“The second team would outclass the first within two seasons.”
outclass is a surpassing.
Latin
classis
Middle French
classe
English
class
English, today
outclass
From out- + class. class Borrowed from Middle French classe, from Latin classis. From Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). a doublet of clas and classis. ġecynd.
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