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outrank

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·rank /aʊtˈræŋk/ verb [transitive]  1. HIGH POSITION OR RANKto have a higher rank than someone else in the same group 级别高于,地位高于〔同一团体中的某人〕2. IMPORTANTto be more important than something else 重要性超过〔某物〕→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
outrankSince he outranked Beauregard, Johnston assumed top command.Raskin was not happy about the development, but Jobs outranked him.Successful sales staff will outrank less successful workers, regardless of qualifications.He outranked me; he was the aircraft commander, with years of experience.The survey shows that humor and shared activities outrank sex as features of a good relationship.He would be saying that he, because of his apostleship, outranked them because they were not apostles.
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outrank
outrank /aʊtˈræŋk/ verb [transitive]
1. to have a higher rank than someone else in the same group
2. to be more important than something else


out·rankBrE /ˌaʊtˈræŋk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌaʊtˈræŋk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they outrank BrE /ˌaʊtˈræŋk/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈræŋk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it outranks BrE /ˌaʊtˈræŋks/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈræŋks/ 🔊past simple outranked BrE /ˌaʊtˈræŋkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈræŋkt/ 🔊past participle outranked BrE /ˌaʊtˈræŋkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈræŋkt/ 🔊 -ing form outranking BrE /ˌaʊtˈræŋkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈræŋkɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb to be of higher rank, quality, etc. than sb (在职衔、质量等上)超过,在…之上