outrank en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /aʊtˈɹæŋk/ (Canada, US)
- /aʊtˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/ æ-raising
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English rank English outrank From out- + rank.
Meanings
- (transitive) To be of a higher rank than.
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(transitive) To be more important than.
We've been acting on confidentiality, because we feel AIDS outranks the law.
1987 February 22, Ben Robbins, quoting Wanda Rickerby, “Conn. Mulls over Release of PWA Names”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 3:More importantly, who could make a quick on-site risk assessment of regulations where the welfare of trapped passengers might out-rank the risk of, say, running a train through flood water over the rail head where it is obvious the track is still there?
2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outranking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outranks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outranked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outranked | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (5)
es ser de rango superior a (Translations) · es ser de mayor rango que (Translations) · tr üstü olmak (Translations) · fr dépasser (Translations) · es superar(lo) en rango (Translations)