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Bested

/ˈbɛstɪd/

To surpass in skill or achievement.

📖 Definitions of "Bested"

verb
  1. 1

    To surpass in skill or achievement.

  2. 2

    To beat in a contest

🔄 Synonyms of "Bested"

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defeatedSubjugated, beaten, overcome.
outdoneverb(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

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defeatedverbSubjugated, beaten, overcome.
outdoneverb(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
beatverb(transitive) To hit; to strike.
vanquishedverbDefeated.
beatenDefeated.
batteredBeaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
whippedOf food: prepared by whipping or beating.
brokeverbTo act as a broker; to transact business for another; synonym of broker.
foughtnounA surname.
bludgeonedverb(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
conqueredverbTo defeat in combat; to subjugate.
spankedverb(transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
toppedHaving or consisting of a top; covered with a top layer.
betteredverb(intransitive) To become better; to improve.
trouncedverb(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
outlastedverb(transitive) To live, last or remain longer than.
outdidverb(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
surpassedverb(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
equaledverb(mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
outdistancedverb(transitive) To run farther or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin.

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