Outvalues

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The worth of something being superior to another
2. an item or concept being more valuable or significant than its counterpart
3. an aspect of evaluation where one factor supersedes another in importance or merit

Etymology: "Outvalues" is the third-person singular present form of "outvalue," a verb built from the prefix "out-" and the noun-turned-verb "value." The prefix "out-" in English words can mean "surpassing" or "beyond," as in "outrun," "outgrow," or "outlast," so "outvalue" carries the sense of exceeding something in worth. The verb follows the same pattern as those older compounds, where one thing is measured against another and found to go further. The word's usefulness lies in its compactness. Rather than saying one object is "more valuable than" another, a single verb expresses the comparison directly, with the subject doing the outvaluing. The verb form "outvalues" simply adds the third-person ending "-s" to match a singular subject, as in "the new design outvalues the old one."

Synonyms: exceeds, surpasses, outweighs, outshines

Antonyms: undervalues, underrates, devalues