Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outpoint

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: out-point
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).

verb

To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).

noun

The closing portion of an edited sequence of audio or video.

Example Sentences

"It was clear that the Queen, if she indeed proved to be the target, would be outpointed for grooming and hauteur."
"Speaking from the Philippines, where he easily outpointed Argentine Angel Hugo Ramirez in front of a sellout crowd of almost 10,000 on Saturday night, Katsidis said he was ready to fight in front of Australian fans after an absence of two years."
"Edit the clip in to the sequence by making the outpoint of the source clip the first frame of the reverse motion."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English point English outpoint From out- + point.

Inflected Forms

outpoints (present, singular) outpointing (participle, present) outpointed (participle, past) outpointed (past) outpoints (plural)

Synonyms

outscore

Antonyms

inpoint

Questions

What does outpoint mean?: To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).
Where does outpoint come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English point English outpoint From out- + point.

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