outgrow

/ˌaʊtˈɡɹəʊ/US/ˌɑʊtˈɡɹoʊ/

outgrow verb: to become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

Verb

outgrow (third-person singular simple present outgrows, present participle outgrowing, simple past outgrew, past participle outgrown)

(figuratively, often, transitive) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
- Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.
- I used to have allergies but I outgrew all of them.
Synonyms:

grow out of
(transitive) To grow faster or larger than.
- The best adapted plant varieties tend to outgrow those less adapted.

outgrow meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

outgrow in Urdu

سبقت لے جانا

outgrow in Bengali

কোনো অভ্যাস, আগ্রহ ত্যাগ করা

outgrow in Malayalam

അതിക്രമിക്കുക, വളർന്നുപോകുക, കവിഞ്ഞുനിൽക്കുക

outgrow in Kannada

ಮೀರಿ ಬೆಳೆ, ಬೆಳೆದುಕಳೆ

Examples of outgrow in a sentence

Some people blame God for their troubles, but one must outgrow such notions.
Some outgrow the habit; with others it becomes a mania; and with still others it is a lasting habit intelligently planned as one aspect of a study of a particular subject.1941 January, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 48:
But it was evident within the next few years that Johannesburg would once again outgrow its newest station.1958 September, C. Alan Cook, “Johannesburg's Fourth Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 640:
“I think you've outgrown Bonnie,” he said as he drove. […] “Bonnie and I have known each other forever,” I said simply.2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

All 21 example sentences with outgrow

Synonyms of outgrow

grow out of

Forms of outgrow

third-person singular present	outgrows
present participle	outgrowing
past	outgrew
past participle	outgrown

Past tense of outgrow: outgrew

Origin of outgrow

From out- + grow.

Words formed from outgrow

outgrowth

Words that rhyme with outgrow

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Questions about outgrow

What does outgrow mean?: Outgrow means to become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
What is outgrow in Urdu?: Outgrow in Urdu is سبقت لے جانا. See Outgrow meaning in Urdu.
How do you use outgrow in a sentence?: Some people blame God for their troubles, but one must outgrow such notions.
What part of speech is outgrow?: Outgrow is a verb.
How do you pronounce outgrow?: Outgrow is pronounced /ˌaʊtˈɡɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of outgrow?: The past tense of outgrow is outgrew.

Words near outgrow in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: outgrow (page history and authors); outgrow (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outgrow (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outgrow (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outgrow (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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