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解説 Definition
outplayed は outplay（競技や試合で相手を上回る）の過去形・過去分詞です。特にスポーツやゲームで、技術や戦術によって相手より優位に立ったことを表します。
Outplayed is the past tense and past participle of outplay. It means performed more skillfully or effectively than an opponent in a sport, game, or comparable contest, especially through better technique or tactics.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
outplayed は outplay「競技で相手を上回る」に規則語尾 -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末は /d/ と発音します。out-「相手を超えて」＋ play「競技する」と分解し、outplayed the opponent、was outplayed in the second half のようなスポーツやゲームの場面で覚えましょう。
Break outplayed into out- plus play plus -ed. The prefix out- means “better than” in competitive verbs, play supplies the sports or game setting, and the regular ending -ed marks the past tense or past participle. Because play ends in a voiced sound, -ed is pronounced /d/: outplay–outplayed. Picture a team controlling a match through better passing or a chess player making calmer, more accurate moves. Useful patterns include outplayed the opponent and was outplayed in the second half. The word describes quality of performance, which may be better even when the final score is close.
例文
The visiting team outplayed us in the second half.
後半は、相手チームが私たちを上回りました。
She outplayed her opponent with calm and accurate moves.
彼女は落ち着いた正確な動きで相手を上回りました。
Although the score was close, our side clearly outplayed them.
点差はわずかでしたが、内容では私たちの側が明らかに相手を上回っていました。
outplayed の類義語・関連語
outplayed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞out-（～を超えて）+ play（競技する）の過去形。out-が「凌駕する」意を加え、試合や競争で相手より優れた動きをすることを表す。関連語にoutsmart（知恵で勝る）やoutrun（走りで抜く）があり、out-動詞は英語で非常に生産的な造語パターン。
Outplay was formed in English from the productive prefix out-, meaning “surpass” or “do better than,” and the verb play. It therefore developed the competitive sense of playing more effectively than an opponent. Outplayed is its regular past-tense and past-participle form, created by adding -ed. The same word-building pattern appears in outrun, outsmart, and outperform, although individual verbs may differ in their inflection.
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