Besting

//ˈbɛstɪŋ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of best form-of, gerund, participle, present

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betteroptimaloutdounsurpassedall that and a bag of chipsant's pants

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"The July 2016 combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces was 0.87°C above the 20th century average, besting the previous July record set in 2015 by 0.06°C."

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