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Definition: Outdistance |
OutdistanceVerb1. Go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "outdistance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1905. (references) |
Synonyms: OutdistanceSynonyms: distance (v), outstrip (v). (additional references) |
| "Outdistance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Outdistance" is used about 4 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
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 |
outdistance | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "outdistance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tejkaloj (break, exceed, excel in capability, go beyond, outbalance, outbid, outdo, outmatch, outnumber, outrival, outrun, outsail, out-top, overfulfil, overpass, overrun, stretch, surpass), lë përpara, e lë pas (outclass, outdrive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فات (miss, miss out on), سبق (antecedence, forego, forerun, outrun, outstrip, pace, pre empt, precede, precession), إجتاز (accomplish, cover, cross, detour, go over, navigate, overpass, overshoot, pound, pull through, rise, roll by, traverse, voyage, walk), إبتز (blackmail, carry favor, carry favour, diddle, exact, extort, pump, squeeze out, sting, swindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | оставям зад себе си, надпреварвам (outmarch), излизам начело на. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | předstihnout (outclass, outdo, outrun, outstrip, overtake, surpass, throw out), předbìhnout (outrun, outstrip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سبقت گرفتن بر (Outmaneuver, Overtake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jättää jälkeensä (leave hand down, leave outdistance, outstrip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | distancer (outdo, outflank, outpace, outrun, outstrip, outwit), devancer (outguess, outpace, outstrip), dépasser (outbalance, outrank, outrun, outstrip, outweigh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zurücklassen (allow, allow back, leave, leave behind, let, outstrip, release, to leave behind), hinter sich lassen (leave behind, outrun), überflügeln (exceed, outdo, outflank, outstrip, outwit, surpass, to outflank, to outstrip, to outwit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξεπερνώ (exceed, get ahead, outdo, outgrow, outreach, outrun, outstrip, overcome, overtake, surmount, surpass, tide over, transcend), υπερτερώ στην απόσταση, υπερτερώ στην ταχύτητα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túltesz valakin (get above, outdo), megelõz (anticipate, forego, forestall, gain on, gain upon, obviate, outstrip, overtake, pass, precede, prelude, prevent), gyorsabban halad (outran, outrun, to outrun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | distanziare (leave behind, outmarch, space). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 追い越す (to outdistance, to outstrip, to pass), 追い越す (to outdistance, to outstrip, to pass), 追い抜く (to outdistance, to outsail, to outstrip, to pass), 乗越す (to outdistance, to pass, to ride past), 乗り越す (to outdistance, to pass, to ride past). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おいぬく (to outdistance, to outsail, to outstrip, to pass), おい"す (to outdistance, to outstrip, to pass), のり"す (to outdistance, to pass, to ride past). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | faagail ny yei (emerge, hand on, leave behind, outmode). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outdistanceay passar frente de (outrun, outstrip, overhaul, overtake), legislação desatualizada, deixar para trás. (various references) se distanţa de (distance), lãsa în urmã (distance, leave behind, pass). (various references) обогнать (leave behind, out-distance, outdrive, outride, outrun). (various references) ostaviti daleko iza sebe (out-distance), prestići (ahead of, out-distance, outdrive, outmarch, outpace, outrival, outstrip, overtake, over-take, pass, shoot ahead). (various references) dejar atrás (draw away, leave behind, lose, outpace, outstrip), dejar (abandon, allow, bring in, drop, exit, finish, forget, forsake, give up, leave, leave alone, leave behind, leave off, leave out, lend, let, lets, make, outstrip, produce, put, put down, quit, release, slip, stop, to assume, wait, yield), adelantar (advance, anticipate, bring forward, farther, forego, further, outgo, outmarch, outride, outwalk, overhaul, overtake, pass, put forward, put on, set forward, shift, to pass). (various references) distansera (distance, outclass, out-distance, outstrip). (various references) geride bırakmak (distance, have the drop on, leave astern, leave behind, outpace, outstrip, set back, shoot ahead of, walk away), 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, outdo, outgo, outgrow, 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). (various references) обігнати (outclass, outdrive, outfoot, outrun, outsail, walk away), перегнати (outdrive, outpace, outrun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "outdistance": outdistanced, outdistances. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: anecdotist, educations. | |
-2 letters: antidotes, auctioned, catenoids, cautioned, coattends, custodian, education, eductions, outdances, seduction, sonicated, stationed, suctioned, taconites, tenacious, tunicated, tunicates. | |
-3 letters: aconites, antidote, astonied, auctions, audients, canoeist, catenoid, cautions, coattend, codeinas, conduits, contused, counties, dictates, diocesan, discount, distance, edacious, eduction, endocast, entastic, eustatic, incudate, instated, nictated, nictates, noctuids, oscitant, outacted, outcaste, outdance, outdates. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: educationist, outdistanced, outdistances. | |
+2 letters: documentalist, documentarist, educationists. | |
+3 letters: counterstained, denticulations, documentalists, documentarists, documentations, educationalist, undomesticated. | |
+4 letters: educationalists, unsophisticated. | |
+5 letters: antireductionism, antireductionist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, 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, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, 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, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, 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 |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , 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, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 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, řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 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 |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, 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 |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, 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 |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
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, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 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, rumunský, rumunština, romanialainen, 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, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 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, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 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, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, 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 | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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