Get to know Outplay better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like beat or crush.
Outplay meaning
To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
Using Outplay
- The main meaning on this page is: To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
- Useful related words include: beat, beat out, crush, shell.
- In the example corpus, outplay often appears in combinations such as: to outplay, outplay him, outplay your.
Context around Outplay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Outplay
- In this selection, "outplay" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, outwit, royale, new, impending and anyone stand out and add context to how "outplay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include battle royale outplay your competition and drive to outplay your opponents. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "outplay" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with outplay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
SA will not outplay Nigeria. (5 words)
Because this team can outplay anyone,” he said. (8 words)
If you try and outplay New Zealand, they're probably better than us. (13 words)
The fantasy of a battle royale game isn’t just in the survival (which generally is downplayed, due to shorter matches than “traditional” multiplayer survival games) but in the dominance, the carnivorous drive to outplay your opponents in life and death. (41 words)
I don’t think he has a Plan B, so on Wednesday night they’ll go to the Etihad and try to outplay the best team in Europe and probably not be good enough. (34 words)
He failed to outplay impending free agent left tackle in 2019, leaving questions about the most important position on an offensive line that ranked 27th in sack rate last fall (8.4 percent). (33 words)
Example sentences (11)
I don’t think he has a Plan B, so on Wednesday night they’ll go to the Etihad and try to outplay the best team in Europe and probably not be good enough.
If you try and outplay New Zealand, they're probably better than us.
The must outwit, outplay, and outlast each other through the competition as they split into tribes and compete for power and prizes.
Sambora knew many of the Los Angeles based-guitarists could outplay him and were faster, but what they couldn’t do was outperform him.
A match can support up to 10 players, and the goal is the same as any battle royale: Outplay your competition and be the last player left alive.
He failed to outplay impending free agent left tackle in 2019, leaving questions about the most important position on an offensive line that ranked 27th in sack rate last fall (8.4 percent).
Because this team can outplay anyone,” he said.
SA will not outplay Nigeria.
The fantasy of a battle royale game isn’t just in the survival (which generally is downplayed, due to shorter matches than “traditional” multiplayer survival games) but in the dominance, the carnivorous drive to outplay your opponents in life and death.
Yeah, everyone can go rah-rah about Rosen, AND its true, he just might outplay his pedestrian college career and eventually deliver some wins, like the Cards are mightily hoping and praying for.
Duke Ellington 's orchestra would go to Roseland to catch Armstrong's performances and young horn men around town tried in vain to outplay him, splitting their lips in their attempts.
Common combinations with outplay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to outplay 4×
- outplay him 2×
- outplay your 2×