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Definition of Outclass
1. Verb. Cause to appear in a lower class. "The Yankees outclassed Cincinnati"
Definition of Outclass
1. Verb. (transitive) to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outclass
1. to surpass so decisively as to appear of a higher class [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outclass
Literary usage of Outclass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1914)
"They will outclass our best to-day, as these outclass Collingwood's, or as the
nitre-compounds outclass gunpowder as a propellant. ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1896)
"... and the side armor above this deck must outclass all semi-armor-piercing
projectiles, and the side armor below this deck must outclass armor-piercing ..."
3. Educational Sociology by William Estabrook Chancellor (1919)
"Everywhere irrespective of numbers, the whites outclass the blacks and mulattoes;
but where the reds or half- breeds outnumber the whites, there they also ..."
4. SAS/IML 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"file 'user.text.newclass'; Otherwise, you can first establish a fileref and then
refer to the file by its fileref: > filename outclass 'user.text.class'; ..."
5. Forestry Kaimin by University of Montana (Missoula). School of Forestry. Forestry Club (1903)
"It is not only that the Foresters' Ball can outclass any other social affair,
but it can outclass as well any social function staged in the entire state. ..."
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