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outrace

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
out-race
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To travel faster than another in a competitive event.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race English outrace From out- + race.

Usage

Inflected Forms

outraces (present, singular) outracing (participle, present) outraced (participle, past) outraced (past)

Questions

What does outrace mean?
To travel faster than another in a competitive event.
Where does outrace come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race English outrace From out- + race.

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