Meaning & use
Outranking
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Holding a higher rank, position, or priority than someone or something else.
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The colonel was outranking every other officer in the room.
In the new sorting system, urgent tickets are outranking all routine requests.
A note on using this word
Formed from 'out-' (surpassing) plus 'rank,' following the same pattern as 'outperforming' or 'outnumbering.'
Words with a similar meaning
surpassingsuperseding
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