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# outpace

verb (outpace, outpaces, outpaced, outpacing)

«outpace» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To go faster than someone or something, so that you get ahead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#m1)
2. To grow, rise or improve faster than something else: "Prices outpaced wages." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#m2)

### In the lessons

In sport and races, a runner outpaces the others. In news and economics, one number outpaces another when it grows faster. In stories, a hero may outpace a chasing dog or a wave. It tells the reader who is quicker. Often: outpace the others, easily outpace.

### Examples

- The cheetah can outpace any other land animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#x1)
- Mia outpaced the boys on the last lap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#x2)
- Our school's reading scores outpaced the rest of the town this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#x3)
- The fox outpaced the hounds and escaped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#x4)
- Weeds can outpace the vegetables if you do not pull them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#x5)
- The train easily outpaced the cars on the road beside it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: outpaced (one c, no extra e). It needs an object. In maths, if Sam runs 6 metres a second and Ali runs 5, Sam outpaces Ali by 1 metre every second; after 10 seconds Sam is 10 metres ahead.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outpace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outpace/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outpace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outpace.html) on Mova free.