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outrank

[ out-rangk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to have a higher rank than:
A major outranks a captain in the army.

outrank

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verb

to be of higher rank than
to take priority over

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Word History and Origins

Origin of outrank¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; out- + rank ¹

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The San Francisco Bay Area has the highest concentration of jobs that pay more than $500,000, “vastly outranking” other major cities.

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The way fathers outrank men without children in Christian patriarchy points to an interesting observation in your book.

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When they outranked their patients, they gave essentially the same amount of effort to everyone.

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Nevada, Arizona and Colorado currently outrank Washington, according to Rutgers data.

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Zero Punctuation, launched in 2007, is The Escapist's most popular feature, with videos from the series comfortably outranking others on its YouTube channel.

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