Outscores

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Achieves a higher number of points or goals than the opposing team or individual in a game or contest
2. Obtains a superior score compared to a rival during a competitive event
3. Surpasses another participant by accumulating more points in a sports or similar competition

Etymology: "Outscores" is the third-person singular present form of "outscore," a verb formed in English from the prefix "out-" and the verb "score." The prefix "out-" in this sense means "beyond" or "surpassing," so the verb simply means to exceed someone else's total in a contest or count. The base word "score" has an older story. It descends from Old English "scoru," a noun meaning a set of twenty, and reaches back through Old Norse "skor" (a notch or tally) to a Proto-Germanic root meaning to cut. Tallies were once kept by cutting notches into wood, which is why a number of twenty came to be called a score, and why marking points in a game became "scoring."

Synonyms: surpasses, exceeds

Antonyms: falls short