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OUTRANK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outrank mean?
• OUTRANK (verb)
The verb OUTRANK has 1 sense:
1. take precedence or surpass others in rank
Familiarity information: OUTRANK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they outrank
... he / she / it outranks

Past simple: outranked

Past participle: outranked

-ing form: outranking





Past simple: outranked


Past participle: outranked


-ing form: outranking


Sense 1
Meaning:
Take precedence or surpass others in rank
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
outrank; rank
Hypernyms (to "outrank" is one way to...):
excel; stand out; surpass (distinguish oneself)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples
What in hell's success if it isn't right there in your Stevenson sonnet, which outranks Henley's 'Apparition,' in that 'Love-cycle,' in those sea- poems?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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"He who takes no chances wins nothing." (Danish proverb)