besting
SayBES-ting/ˈbɛstɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of best.
He took quiet pride in besting his old rival at chess.
Besting the previous record required months of dedicated training.
Note
Only the transitive verb, to beat or outdo, takes this form, so an object always follows: besting a rival, a record, an opponent. It works as a participle in continuous tenses (she is besting the field) and as a gerund after a preposition or as a subject (pride in besting him). The colloquial modal had best, as in you had best leave, never takes an -ing form.
besting is a form of best
best, verb: Ought to; used as a reduced form of 'had best' to give firm advice or a warning. Full entry
- Spelling
- best → besting: add -ing
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