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Definitions: Outgrow |
OutgrowVerb1. Grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes". 2. Grow too large for. 3. Grow faster than. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "outgrow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
Note: Outgrow \Out*grow"\, transitive verb. [Imperative Outgrew; present participle Outgrown; present participle verb or noun Outgrowing.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: OutgrowSynonym: overgrow (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Expansion | Verb: become larger; (large; ); expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Outgrow |
| English words defined with "outgrow": bed-wetting ♦ Malthus ♦ Outgrew, Outgrowing, Outgrown ♦ Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "outgrow": Apparel. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | You never outgrow your toothbrush. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
James Russell Lowell | If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | This was my answer with respect to those youths who were bent on this pursuit, trusting that they would soon outgrow it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This is because children usually outgrow the infection. (references) | |
To date, there is no cure for autism, and children do not outgrow the symptoms. (references) | ||
Fortunately, most children outgrow these disorders by the time they are teenagers. (references) | ||
Business | While the UAE has well-developed water and electricity utilities, demand will soon outgrow capacity. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Every thoughtful American must realize the importance of checking at its beginning any tendency in public or private station to regard frugality and economy as virtues which we may safely outgrow. |
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| "Outgrow" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 65.38% of the time. "Outgrow" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 65.38% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 34.62% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
outgrow | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "outgrow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rritet më shpejt së, nuk më bëjnë më, më rrinë të vogla. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نما بسرعة (run, shoot up, sprout), تخلص من (clear off, disembarrass, disengage, disposal, dispose of, ditch, do dispose of, doff, drown, elimination, escape, exorcise, exorcize, free, get out of, get rid of, jettison, liquidate, mop up, polish up, put off, rid, scrap, sell up, shake, shake off, slough, turn, turn off, weed, weed out, work off), أصبح كبيرا (run to extremes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надраствам, надживявам (outlast, outlive, outwear, overlive, see out), израствам повече от. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 长得快 (Outgrew, Outgrowing, Outgrown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyrùst (grow, grow up), přerùst (overgrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زودترروءیدن از, بزرگ ترشدن از. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grandir plus vite, devenir trop grand pour, avoir une croissance plus rapide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sich hinausentwickeln, hinauswachsen, herauswachsen, entwachsen (grow out of, spring from), auswachsen (grow out of, sprout), ablegen (cast aside, cast off, discard, file, give up, lay aside, lay away, lay down, pass, pull away, put aside, put down, put off, remove, renounce, shed, shove off, shuffle off, store, swear, throw off, to discard, ungird, unlearn), überwinden (defeat, get over, negotiate, overcome, quell, subdue, subjugate, surmount, to overcome (overcame, vanquish, win over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξεπερνώ (exceed, get ahead, outdistance, outdo, outreach, outrun, outstrip, overcome, overtake, surmount, surpass, tide over, transcend), μεγαλώνω γρηγορώτερα, μεγαλώνω πολύ, υπερφύομαι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"'מל (get rid of), ל'"ול יותר מן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlnõ (overrun), kinõ valamibõl, gyorsabban nõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tumbuh lebih cepat (overgrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | superare in statura, perdere con l'et , diventare troppo grande per, disfarsi di (jettison), crescere più di. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aase ro vooar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outgroway superar (bear down, beat, better, cap, clear away, cope with, defeat, exceed, outrival, overcome, overmatch, paragraph, ride out, surmount, surpass, vanquish), presidente prestes a concluir suas funções, pôr parte (make away with, ostracize, segregate, select, set apart, set aside, single), crescer excessivamente. (various references) ieşi din (get out of), deveni prea numeros pentru, deveni prea mare pentru. (various references) вырасти, отделываться с возрастом, перерасти. (various references) rasti (come up, go up, grow, rise, wax), prerasti (overgrow), izrasti (grow). (various references) ser ya viejo para, pasar de la edad de, hacerse demasiado grande para, crecer más que. (various references) växa ur. (various references) sığmamak (not to go in, overgrow), küçük gelmek (have outgrown smth., overgrow), geçmek (abate, adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, cap, catch, change to, clear, come down, cross, cut across, devolve, distance, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, get through, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass on, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), büyümek (accrue, augment, bulk, enlarge, expand, extend, flourish, greaten, grow, grow up, hatch, increase, shoot up, swell, vegetate, wax), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out). (various references) виростати з одягу, випереджати в рості, випереджати в розвитку, переростати когось, переростати. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "outgrow": outgrowing, outgrown, outgrows, outgrowth, outgrowths. (additional references) | |
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"Outgrow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: outgrowm, outro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "outgrow" (pronounced ou'tgrō") |
| 3 | -g r ō" | grow. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-o-o-r-t-u-w" | |
-1 letter: outrow. | |
-2 letters: grout, outgo. | |
-3 letters: gout, grot, grow, root, roto, rout, toro, tour, trow, trug, wort. | |
-4 letters: goo, gor, got, gut, oot, ort, our, out, rot, row, rug, rut, tog, too, tor, tow, tug, two, wog, woo, wot. | |
-5 letters: go, or, ow, to, ut, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-o-o-r-t-u-w" | |
+1 letter: outgrown, outgrows. | |
+2 letters: outgrowth, outrowing. | |
+3 letters: outcrowing, outgrowing, outgrowths, outworking, outwrought. | |
+4 letters: outfrowning, outpowering, outthrowing, outtowering, overwrought. | |
+5 letters: thoroughwort. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 74 67 72 6F 77 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- - --. .-. --- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01110100 01100111 01110010 01101111 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u t g r o w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0074 0067 0072 006F 0077 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49878673848189 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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