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outwork

[ verb out-wurk; noun out-wurk ]
/ verb ˌaʊtˈwɜrk; noun ˈaʊtˌwɜrk /
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verb (used with object), out·worked or out·wrought, out·work·ing.

to work harder, better, or faster than.
to work out or carry on to a conclusion; finish: a problem to be outworked in after generations.
Archaic. to outdo in workmanship.

noun

a minor defense built or established outside the principal fortification limits.

RELATED WORDS

mainstay, bastion, fortress, redoubt, stronghold, parapet, barrier, protection, partition, buffet, citadel, guard, defense, embankment, rampart, security, safeguard, buttress, fort, vallation

Nearby words

outwear, outweigh, outwent, outwit, outwith, outwork, outworn, outwrite, outyear, ouzel, ouzo

Origin of outwork

1200–50; Middle English: to complete; see out-, work

Related forms

out·work·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for outwork

outwork

noun (ˈaʊtˌwɜːk)

(often plural) defences which lie outside main defensive works
work performed away from the factory, office, etc, by which it has been commissioned

verb (ˌaʊtˈwɜːk) -works, -working, -worked or -wrought (tr)

to work better, harder, etc, than
to work out to completion

Derived Forms

outworker, noun
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