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OUTPACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outpace mean?
• OUTPACE (verb)
The verb OUTPACE has 1 sense:
1. surpass in speed
Familiarity information: OUTPACE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they outpace ... he / she / it outpaces
Past simple: outpaced
Past participle: outpaced
-ing form: outpacing
... he / she / it outpaces Past simple: outpaced
Past participle: outpaced
-ing form: outpacing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surpass in speed
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
Hypernyms (to "outpace" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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