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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌaʊtˈɡɹəʊ/ [UK], /ˌɑʊtˈɡɹoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outgrow.wav Forms: outgrows [present, singular, third-person], outgrowing [participle, present], outgrew [past], outgrown [participle, past]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From out- + grow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|grow}} out- + grow Head templates: {{en-verb|outgrows|outgrowing|outgrew|outgrown}} outgrow (third-person singular simple present outgrows, present participle outgrowing, simple past outgrew, past participle outgrown)
  1. (transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc. Tags: figuratively, often, transitive Synonyms: grow out of Translations (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc): надраствам (nadrastvam) (Bulgarian), ontgroeien (Dutch), ontwassen [archaic] (Dutch), kasvaa ulos (Finnish), kasvaa pois (Finnish), dépasser (French), kinő (Hungarian), superare (Italian), wyrastać (Polish), superar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-outgrow-en-verb-N2Emkl3u Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To grow faster or larger than. Tags: transitive Translations (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else): ontgroeien (Dutch), kasvaa nopeammin (Finnish), kasvaa isommaksi (Finnish), superare (Italian), przerastać (Polish), przerosnąć [perfective] (Polish), supracrecer (Spanish), extracrecer (Spanish), ultracrecer (Spanish), superar (Spanish), exceder (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-outgrow-en-verb-P8zCbz3v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'to grow faster or taller than someone or something else': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: outgrowth

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to grow faster or taller than someone or something else",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przerosnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grow faster or taller than someone or something else",
      "word": "supracrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grow faster or taller than someone or something else",
      "word": "extracrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grow faster or taller than someone or something else",
      "word": "ultracrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grow faster or taller than someone or something else",
      "word": "superar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grow faster or taller than someone or something else",
      "word": "exceder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outgrow"
}

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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Vietnamese: __IGNORE__ (1), __IGNORE__ (2)",
  "path": [
    "outgrow"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "outgrow",
  "trace": ""
}

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