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outraise

outraise verb: to raise more of something than (someone else); often used specifically in reference to fundraising.

Verb

outraise (third-person singular simple present outraises, present participle outraising, simple past and past participle outraised)

  1. (transitive) To raise more of something than (someone else); often used specifically in reference to fundraising
    • Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts also greatly outraised President Bush over the Internet in 2004.2007 July 13, Michael Luo, “Democrats Lead in Raising Money Online”, in New York Times

Forms of outraise

third-person singular presentoutraises
present participleoutraising
past participleoutraised
pastoutraised

Origin of outraise

From out- + raise.

Questions about outraise

What does outraise mean?
Outraise means to raise more of something than (someone else); often used specifically in reference to fundraising.
What part of speech is outraise?
Outraise is a verb.
What is the past tense of outraise?
The past tense of outraise is outraised.

Words near outraise in the dictionary

  1. outragest
  2. outrageth
  3. outraging
  4. outragings
  5. outragious
  6. outraise
  7. outraised
  8. outraises
  9. outraising
  10. outrake
  11. outrakes

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