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outclass

[ out-klas, -klahs ]

/ ˌaʊtˈklæs, -ˈklɑs /

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verb (used with object)

to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.

Origin of outclass

First recorded in 1865–70; out- + class

Words nearby outclass

outbreeding, outbuilding, outburst, outcast, outcaste, outclass, outclimb, outcome, outcrop, outcross, outcry

Example sentences from the Web for outclass

We farmers sometimes discover a plan accidentally that will outclass anything we can get in an agricultural college.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting |Various
Is that any reason why they should outclass you in courage and in determination?

Those Times And These |Irvin S. Cobb
And these are too subtle for the vernacular guests, and outclass the counterchits altogether.

It Never Can Happen Again |William De Morgan
You can outclass me in the ring, but it wouldn't help you much to beat me up, would it?

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes

It cannot corrode and will outlast and outclass any similar pencil on the market.

The Bradys After a Chinese Princess |Francis Worcester Doughty

British Dictionary definitions for outclass

outclass

/ (ˌaʊtˈklɑːs) /

verb (tr)

to surpass in class, quality, etc

to defeat easily