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OUTPACE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they outpace ... he / she / it outpaces
Past simple: outpaced
Past participle: outpaced
-ing form: outpacing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surpass in speed
Example:
Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "outpace" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
