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Definition of outrank
transitive verb
1 : to rank higher than
2 : to exceed in importance
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Examples of outrank in a Sentence
A general outranks a colonel.
The only topic to outrank the economy this week was the war.
Recent Examples of outrank from the Web
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Since it was first included in July 2010 as a response to the question of which issue is most important, health care has never been cited by more than 20% of Americans as most pressing and has never outranked all other issues.
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In the building trades, business manager outranks president.
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DeWine and Husted are largely considered the two heavyweights, outranking the rest in both name ID and fundraising.
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The group would be outranked only by iHeartMedia, which has more than 860 stations throughout the country.
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ESPN still far outranks Fox Sports in total viewers and in the 25-to-54 age group favored by advertisers, but the gap is narrowing.
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One block away ▪ Bird Café diagonally across from Bass Hall outranks Cheesecake Factory as the best restaurant nearby, not only for the clever gastropub menu but also for the Gentling brothers’ original artwork.
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One block away ▪ Bird Café diagonally across from Bass Hall outranks Cheesecake Factory as the best restaurant nearby, not only for the clever gastropub menu but also for the Gentling brothers’ original artwork.
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Homegrown Luna Grill, on pace to open as many as two dozen more restaurants by the end of next year, now has bragging rights as one of the top five fast-casual chains in the country, outranking big-name brands Shake Shack and Starbucks.
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First Known Use of outrank
1829
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Definition of outrank for English Language Learners
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: to have a higher rank or position than (someone)
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: to be more important than (someone or something)
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