outrange
outrange verb: to have a longer range than (another projectile or weapon).
Verb
outrange (third-person singular simple present outranges, present participle outranging, simple past and past participle outranged)
- To have a longer range than (another projectile or weapon).
- To extend beyond the scope of; to extrapolate.
- Only the men of Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea who sat among the audience and whose vision outranged the scene of those victories could read the deeper meaning of the poet.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 89
Forms of outrange
| third-person singular present | outranges |
|---|---|
| present participle | outranging |
| past participle | outranged |
| past | outranged |
Origin of outrange
From out- + range.
Questions about outrange
- What does outrange mean?
- Outrange means to have a longer range than (another projectile or weapon).
- What part of speech is outrange?
- Outrange is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outrange?
- The past tense of outrange is outranged.
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