outrangev.
/ˌaʊtˈreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈreɪndʒ/ 1. transitive. To exceed in range; to have a longer or greater range than.In quot. 1930: to have a greater command of the field of play than (an opponent).
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [verb (transitive)] > have greater range than
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > have range to or over > exceed in range
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [verb (transitive)] > outrange opponent
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1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 85 The best rifles on my principle will out-range by several hundred yards the best ‘six-pounder’ in her Majesty's service.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 7/2 Our forces were seriously outnumbered, and our guns outranged until the arrival of the Naval Brigade.
1930 Times 15 Mar. 6/1 At fullback, Scotland will have..R. C. Warren, but he may be outranged by J. C. Hubbard.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 12 The wolf—helpless, out-ranged and outgunned so far as the Devonshire was concerned.
1991 D. Mitchell Winning Karate Competition (BNC) 64 A back fist will out-range a reverse punch performed by an opponent of equal height.
2. † b. transitive. Nautical. To sail past or ahead of. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
a. transitive. To range or go beyond. Usually figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond
passc1300
exceedc1374
passc1400
overshootc1450
outpassa1513
surpass1588
outstart1593
outrepass1645
overrun1703
ungang1768
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1871 A. Clark Workaday Christianity 112 God..is a worker..but his designs and doings outrange our highest conceptions.
1883 Philadelphia Tel. 40 No. 35. 3 Their brethren who outranged the forest fastnesses and fell into the hands of men.
1944 M. Rukeyser Beast in View in Coll. Poems (1978) 253 To the farthest west..and deep in the camps among the wounded cities half-world over, the waking dreams of night outrange the horrors.
1963 in S. Noveck Contemp. Jewish Thought xlvii. 238 This counterpart was not, however, intended to supersede the Old Testament, but only to supplement and outrange it.
1999 A. van Ginkel Gen. Princ. Human Power iii. 48 The power faculties of plants outrange, by genetic design, the objects that can be changed by these faculties.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Outrange, to outsail; sail ahead of.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outlast
to live out1535
outlast1570
outwear1579
outlive1582
supervive1586
outflourish1594
to stand out1600
outdure1611
outstanda1616
outsit1633
survive1633
endure1636
stay1639
outmeasure1646
superlast1648
outstaya1652
last1658
tarrya1662
superannuate1820
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to see out1897
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 5/2 The red deer..can outrange them all in the historic records of his antiquity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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