outrace

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verb

To travel faster than another in a competitive event.

OriginEnglish race ← Middle English race ← Old Norse rás →
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Meanings

verboutrace (third-person singular simple present outraces, present participle outracing, simple past and past participle outraced)

present singular third person outraces · participle present outracing · participle past outraced · past outraced

  1. transitiveTo travel faster than another in a competitive event.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-
  8. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  10. Old Englishrǣs
  11. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  12. Old Norserás
  13. Middle Englishrace
  14. Englishrace
  15. Englishoutrace

From out- + race.

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Translations

Bulgarian изпреварвам
  • изпреварвам (izprevarvam)to travel faster than another in a competitive event

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Croteauoutcare
Cite this entry
APA

outrace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrace

MLA

“outrace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outrace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrace.

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