"outrun" meaning in English

See outrun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈaʊtɹʌn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vanderdecken-outrun.wav Forms: outruns [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌn Etymology: From out- + run. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|run}} out- + run Head templates: {{en-noun}} outrun (plural outruns)
  1. (skiing) In ski jumping, the flat or uphill area past the landing point, where the skier can slow down. Categories (topical): Skiing
    Sense id: en-outrun-en-noun-XHhGWbKe Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out-, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 32 37 9 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 47 5 10 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, sports
  2. (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
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Verb

IPA: /ˈaʊtɹʌn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vanderdecken-outrun.wav Forms: outruns [present, singular, third-person], outrunning [participle, present], outran [past], outrun [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ʌn Etymology: From out- + run. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|run}} out- + run Head templates: {{en-verb|outruns|outrunning|outran|outrun}} outrun (third-person singular simple present outruns, present participle outrunning, simple past outran, past participle outrun)
  1. (transitive) To run faster than. Tags: transitive Translations (run faster): παρέρχομαι (parérkhomai) (Ancient Greek), изпреварвам (izprevarvam) (Bulgarian), надминавам (nadminavam) (Bulgarian), předběhnout [perfective] (Czech), předbíhat [imperfective] (Czech), předhonit [perfective] (Czech), předhánět [imperfective] (Czech), překročit [perfective] (Czech), ontlopen (Dutch), prendre de l’avance sur (French), distancer (French), prendre de vitesse (French), semer (French), dépasser (French), überholen (German), lehagy (Hungarian), gyorsabban fut (Hungarian), megelőz/leelőz (futásban) (Hungarian), túlszárnyal (note: something positive) (Hungarian), meghalad (Hungarian), kaikape (Maori), ultrapassar (Portuguese), exceder (Portuguese), superar (Portuguese), обгоня́ть (obgonjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обогна́ть (obognátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), опережа́ть (operežátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опереди́ть (operedítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), превзойти́ (prevzojtí) [perfective] (Russian), předběhać [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), předběhnyć [perfective] (Upper Sorbian), přesćahnyć [perfective] (Upper Sorbian), přesćahować [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian)
    Sense id: en-outrun-en-verb-sbOSyzcP Disambiguation of 'run faster': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To exceed or overextend. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outrun-en-verb--GOqQwgu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 32 37 9 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: outrun the constable, you can't outrun your fork

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I don't need to outrun the bear; I just need to outrun you.",
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          "text": "Once it became obvious that Extra 3119 West was out of control, the VAN engineer took matters into his own hands. Hearing the engineer of Extra 3119 West repeatedly report his speed as being 80 mph, the VAN engineer believed the other train had reached maximum speed and that he could outrun it. Had he been instructed to do this earlier by the dispatcher, he might have succeeded in staying ahead of the runaway.",
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      "word": "outrun the constable"
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        "(transitive) To run faster than."
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          "ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.",
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 28, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
          "text": "[…] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.",
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        "(transitive) To exceed or overextend."
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      "roman": "izprevarvam",
      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "изпреварвам"
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "ontlopen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "prendre de l’avance sur"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "distancer"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "prendre de vitesse"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "semer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "überholen"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "παρέρχομαι"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "run faster",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "gyorsabban fut"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "megelőz/leelőz (futásban)"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "kaikape"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "ultrapassar"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "exceder"
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "word": "superar"
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      "sense": "run faster",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "run faster",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "run faster",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "túlszárnyal"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "code": "ru",
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}

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