overmatchingadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈmatʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈmætʃɪŋ/

Forms: see over- prefix and matching adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overmatch v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < overmatch v. + -ing suffix².

That overmatches someone or something; superior in strength or skill.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective]

excellentc1384

transcending1528

surpassingc1580

excellinga1586

overmatching1590

transcendent1598

overmatchful1609

outdoing1679

outvying1757

outbidding1830

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B3 A thousand sworne and ouermatching foes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) i. iv. 22 With bootlesse labour swimme against the Tyde, And spend her strength with ouer-matching Waues.

a1665 J. Quarles Entertainment in Self-conflict (1680) sig. A8^v The flesh with overmatching power, Stormes on the Soul like a tempestuous show'r.

1854 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 12 526 A pious State, therefore, becoming truly pious only by an overmatching amount of piety beneath, is a millennial hope, a golden but remote expectation.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxi. 256 I may not part from thee until in knightly encounter in the field some overmatching champion shall fairly win and fairly wear me.

1948 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 21 202/2 There is no evidence or prospect of even a comparable, let alone an overmatching, stimulus to American imports.

1983 Internat. Security 7 69 The United States can not only accept counterforce attack, but retain residual counterforce overmatching capability.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overmatching
释义	overmatchingadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmatʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmætʃɪŋ/ Forms: see over- prefix and matching adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overmatch v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < overmatch v. + -ing suffix². That overmatches someone or something; superior in strength or skill. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] excellentc1384 transcending1528 surpassingc1580 excellinga1586 overmatching1590 transcendent1598 overmatchful1609 outdoing1679 outvying1757 outbidding1830 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B3 A thousand sworne and ouermatching foes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) i. iv. 22 With bootlesse labour swimme against the Tyde, And spend her strength with ouer-matching Waues. View more context for this quotation a1665 J. Quarles Entertainment in Self-conflict (1680) sig. A8^v The flesh with overmatching power, Stormes on the Soul like a tempestuous show'r. 1854 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 12 526 A pious State, therefore, becoming truly pious only by an overmatching amount of piety beneath, is a millennial hope, a golden but remote expectation. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxi. 256 I may not part from thee until in knightly encounter in the field some overmatching champion shall fairly win and fairly wear me. 1948 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 21 202/2 There is no evidence or prospect of even a comparable, let alone an overmatching, stimulus to American imports. 1983 Internat. Security 7 69 The United States can not only accept counterforce attack, but retain residual counterforce overmatching capability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590
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