Meaning

1 senses

  1. To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.

    The youngster outpaced his grandfather and ran on ahead.

More definitions
  • surpass in speed

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Giraffes can easily outpace lions.

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  2. The giraffe couldn't build up enough speed to outpace the lions that were chasing it.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

outpaces, outpacing, outpaced, outpaced
Base formoutpace · to outpace
3rd person singularoutpaces
Present participleoutpacing
Past simpleoutpaced
Past participleoutpaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutpace
he, she, itoutpaces

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutpaced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outpaced
he, she, ithas outpaced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outpace

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outmatchoutmodeoutnumberoutpatientB2outperformoutplay
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