Meanings
verboutrate (third-person singular simple present outrates, present participle outrating, simple past and past participle outrated)
present singular third person outrates · participle present outrating · participle past outrated · past outrated
- To get a higher rating than something or someone else
[…] “The Rachel Maddow Show,” outrates CNN’s “ Larry King Live” in the 25-to-54 age group.
2009 January 22, Brian Stelter, “MSNBC Wants to Add a 3rd Prime-Time Show”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Englishrate
- Englishoutrate
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APA
outrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrate
MLA
“outrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrate.
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