Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outprogram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-pro-gram
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To surpass in computer programming ability.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Mr Dupree continued, 'But I knew something the robot didn't.' 'What?' asked Molly. 'What did I teach you to do when you're outmatched, outwitted and outprogrammed?' 'You bring the crazy,' said everyone except Alice."
"It's like trying to outprogram the greatest programmer of them all. No matter how sophisticated we get, he's light years ahead of us."

Etymology

From out- + program.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

outprograms (present, singular) outprogramming (participle, present) outprograming (participle, present) outprogrammed (participle, past) outprogrammed (past) outprogramed (participle, past) outprogramed (past, rare)

Synonyms

outcode

Questions

What does outprogram mean?: To surpass in computer programming ability.
Where does outprogram come from?: From out- + program.

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