outrank
Americanverb (used with object)
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outranks,
present (3rd person singular)
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outranked,
past participle, past
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outranking
present participle
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
If they happened to outrank their doctor, they were considered a “high-power” patient.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
Tesla magnate Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault, the CEO of luxury retail brand LVMH, outrank both Washington billionaires.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
No way should T step up to outrank me.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
There’s also a hospitality category that outranks all of the others: the Platinum Access packages, which often include luxury accommodations, private suites and private transport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“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
“Who cares if a Modegan viscount outranks a Vintish spara-thain?”
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
Cousins is outranked in experience by just a handful of backups, too, and even 2011 draftees Blaine Gabbert and Tyrod Taylor are younger than him despite entering a year earlier.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Though I knew there was human suffering out there, it wasn’t like there was a tragedy scale where some things outranked others, or that care given to a bonobo meant less left for people.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
The offering will raise over $75 billion, easily outranking Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion debut in 2019, the previous record-holder.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
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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