Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outcompass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-com-pass
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exceed the limits of; to surpass, transcend or go beyond.

Dated; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

""It is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity of knowledge, how large soever, lest it should make it swell or out-compass itself; no, but it is merely the quality of knowledge, which, be it in quantity more or less, if it be taken without the true corrective thereof, hath in it some nature of venom or malignity, and some effects of that venom, which is ventosity or swelling.""

Etymology

From out- + compass (“limit”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Inflected Forms

outcompasses (present, singular) outcompassing (participle, present) outcompassed (participle, past) outcompassed (past)

Synonyms

exceed surpass transcend

Questions

What does outcompass mean?: To exceed the limits of; to surpass, transcend or go beyond.
Where does outcompass come from?: From out- + compass (“limit”).

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