Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Nearby Entries
outrank - 3 dictionary results

out⋅rank

  [out-rangk]
Use outrank in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
to have a higher rank than: A major outranks a captain in the army.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; out- + rank 1
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To outrank
out·rank   (out-rāngk')   
tr.v.   out·ranked, out·rank·ing, out·ranks
To rank higher than.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Outrank

Out*rank"\ (out*r[a^][ng]k"), v. t. To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see outrank on Thesaurus | Reference