outrank
Use Outrank in a sentence
verb (used with object)
to have a higher rank than: A major outranks a captain in the army.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to be of higher rank than |
| 2. | to take priority over |
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Example sentences
In the staff's opinion, the goals of predictable and systematic accrual outrank that of funding.
The specialist smiled and said that if he and his dad served in the same location, he would probably still outrank his dad.
Moms outrank barren females in these snub-nosed societies, and males with multiple mates gain high status.
Married seniors far outrank their single or never-married and divorced or separated colleagues.
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