Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To surpass or outdo (another), as in speed, growth, or performance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To outwalk or outrun; leave behind.
- To pace out; pass or go out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind.
- transitive verb To exceed in development or performance; to outdo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To go
faster than someone else; toexceed thepace of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb surpass in speed
Etymologies
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Examples
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And is it likely that we could see International segment sales growth in percentage terms outpace North America by perhaps the end of this year?
unknown title 2011
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Will "I agree with Nick" outpace "five more years of Gordon Brown"?
Slate Magazine Inigo Thomas 2010
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AC's 2010 international capacity growth will "outpace" its overall planned system capacity increase of 4%-6% while domestic capacity will rise only 1. 5%-2.5%, he noted.
ATW Daily News 2010
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Will "I agree with Nick" outpace "five more years of Gordon Brown"?
Slate Magazine Inigo Thomas 2010
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AC's 2010 international capacity growth will "outpace" its overall planned system capacity increase of 4%-6% while domestic capacity will rise only 1. 5%-2.5%, he noted.
ATW Daily News 2010
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Revenue from video game ads are expected to "outpace" other mediums, the report says, growing 13. 8% over the next three years.
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini says the company expects to "outpace" its competition.
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini says the company expects to "outpace" its competition.
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Researchers at In-Stat have struck the first blow for WiMAX, concluding in a new report that WiMAX is likely to "outpace" LTE over the next few years, though both technologies are still years away from full implementation.
Telecom Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha Ari Zoldan 2008
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If, as is only slightly more plausible, the interest rate were to outpace GDP growth by six percentage points, the required primary surplus for 2015 would be 7% of GDP: a shift of 16 percentage points.
The Case for an Irish Default Richard Portes 2011
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