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See also:out,Out,OUT,oût,andouț

FromMiddle Englishut-, fromOld Englishūt-(“out, without, outside”) (also asūta-,ūtan-(“from or on the outside, without”), as inūtanweard(“outward, external”)), fromProto-Germanic*ūt-(“out-”). Cognate withDutchuit-,Germanaus-,Swedishut-,Icelandicút-. More atout.

out-

External to, on theoutside of
outback
outhouse
Toward the outside of, away from
outcast
outlead
outflee
Forms verbs with the sense ofsurpassing orexceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive.
outdo
outlast
outmaneuver
- c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:
  Itout-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it.
- 1815 December (indicated as1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, inEmma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] forJohn Murray,→OCLC,page345:
  She was nobody when he married her, barely the daughter of a gentleman; but ever since her being turned into a Churchill she hasout-Churchill’d them all in high and mighty claims: but in herself, I assure you, she is an upstart.
- 2016,Noam Chomsky,What Kind of Creatures Are We?, New York: Columbia University Press,→ISBN, page124:
  With a few honorable exceptions itout-Descartesed Descartes[…]
Greater than
outsize
outrun
outgrow
By the end of the competition, Lisa's plant hadoutgrown its competitors, winning the competition.
Beyond
The plant's leavesoutgrew their box
Completely
outfit
outwork