outranging
outranging is the present participle and gerund of outrange.
Meaning of outrange
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
Questions about outranging
- What is outranging the present participle and gerund of?
- Outranging is the present participle and gerund of outrange.
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