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   Out·dis·tance

   /ˌoutˈdist(ə)ns/

   

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   • 1. leave (a competitor or pursuer) far behind: "she could maintain a fast enough pace to outdistance any pursuers" Similar outrunoutstriprun faster thanoutpaceleave behindget (further) ahead ofgain ondraw away fromovertakepassshake offthrow offloseput distance between oneself and someone elsewiden the gap between oneself and someone elsesurpassoutshinedo better thanoutclassoutdoexcelexceedtranscendtopcaptrumpbeatbetterleave behindleadinformal:leave standingwalk away fromarchaic:outrivaloutvie

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   What does it mean if you outdistance someone?

   • If you outdistance someone, you are a lot better and more successful than they are at a particular activity over a period of time. It didn't matter that Ingrid had outdistanced them as a movie star. [VERB noun] If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily .

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   What does it mean if you outdistance your opponents?

   • If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily . ...a millionaire businessman who easily outdistanced his major rivals for the nomination. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   How does a company outdistance a competitor?

   • The company outdistance their nearest business competitors by a long way. He easily outdistanced the other runners. In value terms it vastly outdistances anything which could possibly be the outcome of the renegotiations.

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   How does the need far outdistance the supply?

   • They found that an industry which had been a front runner and boasted of a distinguished history of achievement, had allowed itself to be outdistanced by its foreign competitors. The need far outdistances the supply. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Outdistance is a verb that means to go far ahead of (as in a race) or to surpass something. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for outdistance.

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   Outdistance means to be faster or better than someone or something in a race or a competition. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts with synonyms, related words and phrases, and translations.

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   Outdistance definition: to leave behind, as in running; outstrip. See examples of OUTDISTANCE used in a sentence.

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   Outdistance means to go faster or farther than other competitors, especially in a race. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see synonyms and translations, and explore related words and phrases.

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   May 18, 2024 · Outdistance means to leave far behind or get ahead of someone or something in a competition or activity. Learn the word forms, synonyms, usage and origin of outdistance from Collins English Dictionary.

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   IPA guide. Other forms: outdistanced; outdistancing; outdistances. Definitions of outdistance. verb. go far ahead of. “He outdistanced the other runners”. synonyms: distance, outstrip. see more.

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   3 days ago · 1. transitive verb. If you outdistance someone, you are a lot better and more successful than they are at a particular activity over a period of time. It didn't matter that Ingrid had outdistanced them as a movie star. 2. transitive verb. If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily.