| English Dictionary |
OUTRIVAL
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does outrival mean?
• OUTRIVAL (verb)
The verb OUTRIVAL has 1 sense:
1. be more of a rival than
Familiarity information: OUTRIVAL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they outrival ... he / she / it outrivals
Past simple: outrivalled
Past participle: outrivalled
-ing form: outrivalling
... he / she / it outrivals Past simple: outrivalled
Past participle: outrivalled
-ing form: outrivalling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be more of a rival than
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
outrival; outvie
Hypernyms (to "outrival" is one way to...):
rival (be the rival of, be in competition with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples
I learned the first two tenses of the verb Etre, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the- bye, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa), on the same day.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Rome wasn't built in a day." (English proverb)
"The way the arrow hits the target is more important than the way it is shot; the way you listen is more important than the way you talk." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Barcelona is good if you have money." (Catalan proverb)
"That which is written in Heaven, comes to pass on Earth." (Corsican proverb)
"The way the arrow hits the target is more important than the way it is shot; the way you listen is more important than the way you talk." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Barcelona is good if you have money." (Catalan proverb)
"That which is written in Heaven, comes to pass on Earth." (Corsican proverb)