speed
noun
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of sound.
outspeed
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a word derived from
speed.
Example Sentences
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Claude Carter represents the obvious danger on the formbook, but the selection should be able to outspeed him.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2011
The trains often outspeed the planes, counting travel time to and from airports, and they are usually faster, smoother and safer than cars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newest members of the flotilla are the catamarans, which will easily outspeed many power boats.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Normandie with 160,000 h. p. is expected to outspeed the Bremen, the Rex and the new high-speed liner which Italy is putting into service late this month, the Conte di Savoia.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was confident that he could outspeed her, and his dive, far and flat, entered him in the water twenty feet beyond her entrance.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
