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outrace

out·race
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [out-reys]
    • /ˌaʊtˈreɪs/
    • /aʊtrˈeɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [out-reys]
    • /ˌaʊtˈreɪs/

Definitions of outrace word

  • verb with object outrace to race or run faster than: The deer outraced its pursuers. 1
  • noun outrace Exceed in speed, amount, or extent. 1
  • verb outrace to surpass in racing 0

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Origin of outrace

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
First recorded in 1650-60; out- + race1

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Parts of speech for Outrace

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

outrace popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

outrace usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for outrace

verb outrace

  • beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
  • surpass — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
  • exceed — Be greater in number or size than (a quantity, number, or other measurable thing).
  • excel — Microsoft Excel
  • outdistance — to leave behind, as in running; outstrip: The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths.

Antonyms for outrace

verb outrace

  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
  • deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.

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