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1 abilità
f invar ability* * *abilità s.f.1 ability, capability; ( perizia) cleverness: la sua abilità è fuori discussione, his capability is undoubted; finora ha dimostrato grande abilità, so far she has demonstrated great ability; il brano fu eseguito con grande abilità tecnica, the piece was played with great technical ability; mostrava abilità nel fare qualsiasi cosa, she showed cleverness at doing everything // vincere qlcu. in abilità, to outwit s.o.2 ( destrezza) skill, dexterity: impugnava l'arma con abilità, he wielded his weapon with skill (o dexterity); abilità manuale, manual dexterity.* * *[abili'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile1) (idoneità)2) (bravura) ability, skill, skilfulness BE, skillfulness AE; (destrezza) dexterityla sua abilità di giornalista — his ability o skill(s) as a journalist
3) (accortezza) cleverness* * *abilità/abili'ta/f.inv.1 (idoneità) abilità al lavoro fitness for a job2 (bravura) ability, skill, skilfulness BE, skillfulness AE; (destrezza) dexterity; la sua abilità di giornalista his ability o skill(s) as a journalist; la sua abilità di venditore his salesmanship3 (accortezza) cleverness.
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Outwit — Out*wit , v. t. 1. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning. [1913 Webster] 2. To defeat or gain an advantage over by superior craft or cunning stratagems; as, the thief outwitted his pursuers and left the country undetected. [PJC] They did so much… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Outwit — Out wit, n. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; opposed to {inwit}. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
outwit — index betray (lead astray), circumvent, defeat, dupe, elude, ensnare, evade (deceive) … Law dictionary
outwit — (v.) to get the better of by superior wits, 1650s, from OUT (Cf. out) + WIT (Cf. wit). Related: Outwitted; outwitting … Etymology dictionary
outwit — *frustrate, thwart, foil, baffle, balk, circumvent Analogous words: defeat, overcome, surmount (see CONQUER): *prevent, preclude, obviate, avert: overreach, *cheat, defraud … New Dictionary of Synonyms
outwit — has inflected forms outwitted, outwitting … Modern English usage
outwit — / outsmart [v] get the better of; figure out before another baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con*, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe, end run*, fake out*, finagle*, fox*, goose*, gull*, have*, hoax, hoodwink,… … New thesaurus
outwit — ► VERB (outwitted, outwitting) ▪ deceive by greater ingenuity … English terms dictionary
outwit — [out΄wit′] vt. outwitted, outwitting 1. to overcome, or get the better of, by cunning or cleverness 2. Archaic to be more intelligent than … English World dictionary
outwit — [[t]a͟ʊtwɪ̱t[/t]] outwits, outwitting, outwitted VERB If you outwit someone, you use your intelligence or a clever trick to defeat them or to gain an advantage over them. [V n] To win the presidency he had first to outwit his rivals within the… … English dictionary
outwit — UK [ˌaʊtˈwɪt] / US [aʊtˈwɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms outwit : present tense I/you/we/they outwit he/she/it outwits present participle outwitting past tense outwitted past participle outwitted to gain an advantage over someone, especially by… … English dictionary
