Meaning

1 senses

  1. To exceed in size.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Because forests are massive sponges of carbon dioxide, reversing their loss would play an outsize role in fighting climate change.

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Forms

outsizes, outsizing, outsized, outsized
Base formoutsize · to outsize
3rd person singularoutsizes
Present participleoutsizing
Past simpleoutsized
Past participleoutsized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutsize
he, she, itoutsizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutsized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outsize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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