outbuild

verb

Etymology

From out- + build.

  1. inherited from *bʰuH-
  2. derived from *buþlą
  3. inherited from *buþlijan — “to build
  4. inherited from byldan
  5. inherited from bilden
  6. formed as outbuild — “out- + build

Definitions

  1. To build more or better than.

    • “Each time they’d build, they’d try to outbuild all the rest of them,” said Dr. Randall F. Hipple, a retired obstetrician who helped establish a seven-block stretch of the street as a National Historic District.
    • That’s what companies like Orion are doing, and that’s how America will win the future: by outinnovating, outeducating, and outbuilding our competitors.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA