outranked
past simple and past participle ofoutrank
outrank
verb[T]
uk/ˌaʊtˈræŋk/us/ˌaʊtˈræŋk/to have ahigherrankthan someone:
As Superintendent, she outranked all the otherpoliceofficersin theroom.
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Examplesofoutranked
outranked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Considering these thresholds, all land-use types wereoutranked.
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That is, they implement a preference for effort minimisation that can beoutrankedby other constraints.
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These preferences may beoutrankedby other constraints, for example to realise contrastive velarisation on a coronal.
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In short, if infants possess a phonological constraint against vowel-initial words, then this constraint must be violable andoutrankedat the point in development when these words were segmented.
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He will be remembered long after many of those whooutrankedhim have been forgotten.
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For 15 years the profits of the drug industry have faroutrankedthose of other big industries.
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The private sector considered that the riskoutrankedthe reward.
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Today he is a pale reflection of that,outrankedon one side by the shop steward and on the other by the personnel officer.
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Members of these clansoutrankedother noble clans.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A specific exception was made for bearers of the title of duke who, regardless of their origin,outrankedall other nobles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Technically theyoutrankedall other ordinary magistrates (including consuls and praetors).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Being of senatorial rank, his immediate superior was the "dux" (provincial governor), and heoutrankedall military tribunes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They had to be very able technically, be close-mouthed, keep a low profile, and also be diplomatic enough to manage commanders who faroutrankedthem.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Major generalsoutrankedbrigadiers and all other lesser officers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lieutenant generalsoutrankedmajor generals and all other lesser officers.
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