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outmeasuring

outmeasuring is the present participle and gerund of outmeasure.

Meaning of outmeasure

Verb

outmeasure (third-person singular simple present outmeasures, present participle outmeasuring, simple past and past participle outmeasured)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in quantity or extent.
    • Down, downward they went, and yet further down—their descent at each step seeming to outmeasure their advance.1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, “The Halt on the Turnpike-road”, in The Return of the Native […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC, book I (The Three Women)...

Questions about outmeasuring

What is outmeasuring the present participle and gerund of?
Outmeasuring is the present participle and gerund of outmeasure.

Words near outmeasuring in the dictionary

  1. outmates
  2. outmating
  3. outmeasure
  4. outmeasured
  5. outmeasures
  6. outmeasuring
  7. outmetal
  8. outmetalled
  9. outmetalling
  10. outmetals
  11. outmigrant

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