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outpacing

outpacing is the present participle and gerund of outpace.

Meaning of outpace

Verb

outpace (third-person singular simple present outpaces, present participle outpacing, simple past and past participle outpaced)

  1. (transitive) To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.
    • The youngster outpaced his grandfather and ran on ahead.

Questions about outpacing

What is outpacing the present participle and gerund of?
Outpacing is the present participle and gerund of outpace.

Words near outpacing in the dictionary

  1. outorganizes
  2. outorganizing
  3. outpace
  4. outpaced
  5. outpaces
  6. outpacing
  7. outpad
  8. outpads
  9. outpage
  10. outpaged
  11. outpages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outpacing (page history and authors); outpace (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.

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