Outwrote

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have composed written content that is greater in volume or complexity than that produced by another individual
2. Produced written material surpassing that of a competitor in amount or quality
3. Created a greater or more effective body of writing compared to someone else

Etymology: "Outwrote" is the simple past tense of "outwrite," a verb meaning to write more, or more elaborately, than someone else. It is formed from "out-" and "write," and the verb it comes from is recorded in Middle English as "outwriten," meaning "to transcribe" or "write out." Over time that sense of copying something out in full gave way to the idea of surpassing another writer in the amount or complexity of what was produced. Because "outwrite" is a regular compound of an existing verb, its history is plain: the prefix "out-" adds the sense of exceeding or going beyond, so the past tense simply carries that comparison into the past. The form is a straightforward inflection of its base verb, so there is little more to trace beyond the Middle English origin of the root.

Synonyms: surpassed, exceeded, outperformed, overcame, outdid

Antonyms: failed, underperformed, lost, fell short, lagged