Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To run faster than.

    Can a tiger outrun a lion?

    I don't need to outrun the bear; I just need to outrun you.

    überholen

    обгоня́тьobgonjátʹ, обогна́тьobognátʹ, опережа́тьoperežátʹ

    run faster than

  2. (transitive)To exceed or overextend.

    превосходи́тьprevosxodítʹ, превзойти́prevzojtí

Examples

27 sentences

  1. Tom knew he couldn't outrun the wolves.

    Том знав, що не може бігти швидше за волків. — deniko

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  2. It's hard to outrun a dog.

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  3. Tom managed to outrun his pursuers.

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  4. We tried to outrun the bear.

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  5. Tom was able to outrun his pursuers.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
run faster:
exceed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
run faster:

Forms

outruns, outrunning, outran, outrun
Base formoutrun · to outrun
3rd person singularoutruns
Present participleoutrunning
Past simpleoutran
Past participleoutrun

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutrun
he, she, itoutruns

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutran

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outrun

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outreachoutrightoutsetC1outshineB2outsideB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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