outrank
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to be of higher rank than
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to take priority over
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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outranksimple
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outrankssimple
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have outrankedperfect
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has outrankedperfect
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am outrankingprogressive
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are outrankingprogressive
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is outrankingprogressive
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have been outrankingperfect progressive
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has been outrankingperfect progressive
Past
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outrankedsimple
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had outrankedperfect
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was outrankingprogressive
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were outrankingprogressive
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had been outrankingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of outrank
Example Sentences
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Across nearly every demographic, two values almost always outrank family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Here are a few quarters in software history that outrank Palantir’s latest results:
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Nevada, Arizona and Colorado currently outrank Washington, according to Rutgers data.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
“This sounds like a great solution if we learn that TurboTax Free File does start to outrank our commercial Free.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
No way should T step up to outrank me.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
“The paperwork outranks the will,” in military life, he says.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Gen. Zhang, as the CMC vice chairman, outranks Gen. Li, who was not in the PLA chain of command.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Its cyclic winning structure ensures that no choice uniquely outranks any other.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023
Although not in a direct command position, Li serves on Xi's seven-person Central Military Commission and is one of China's five state councillors, a cabinet position that outranks regular ministers.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2023
“Father doesn’t worry about which fork to use and who outranks who,” I groused.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Jacksonville, Fla., outranked other big cities—despite struggling with its pension costs—thanks to a local infrastructure sales tax, federal stimulus funding, and repairs and updates following recent hurricanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
As the liner notes explain, Dylan is the third-most popular covered songwriter ever, outranked only by The Beatles and Duke Ellington.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
That’s in contrast to the 2020 election, when COVID-19, racism, and healthcare outranked the economy as the main issue driving young voters to the polls, according to the same survey.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
With audiences of 1.4 million each, both “America’s Newsroom” and “Outnumbered” outranked NBC’s daily “Today Jenna and Hoda.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
She felt she had to work extra hard because she felt so outranked in the classroom.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
It marked A24’s highest-opening weekend ever, outranking Alex Garland’s 2024 film “Civil War,” which earned a $25.5-million debut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Pears dropped to tenth place after outranking apples, blackberries and blueberries in 2025.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
In 2025, Wall Street analysts remain a bullish group, with Buy ratings vastly outranking Sell ratings.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Polymarket was all over the Golden Globes, Jerome Powell is now under federal investigation, and Chinese universities are outranking us in scientific output.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026
He also carried a military title, thus outranking Burr with his honorary designation as “General Hamilton,” based on his last appointment, that of inspector general of the New Army in 1799.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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