out|per|form /aʊ tpə r fɔː r m/ (outperforms , outperforming , outperformed ) VERB If one thing outperforms another, the first is more successful or efficient than the second. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V n] In recent years our economy has outperformed most other industrial economies.
out|place|ment /aʊ tple I smənt/ N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] An outplacement agency gives advice to managers and other professional people who have recently become unemployed, and helps them find new jobs. [BUSINESS ]
out|play /aʊ tple I / (outplays , outplaying , outplayed ) VERB In sports, if one person or team outplays an opposing person or team, they play much better than their opponents. □ [V n] He was outplayed by the Swedish 21-year-old.
out|point /aʊ tpɔ I nt/ (outpoints , outpointing , outpointed ) VERB In boxing, if one boxer outpoints another, they win the match by getting more points then their opponent. □ [V n] Kane won the world title in 1938 when he outpointed Jackie Durich.
out|post /aʊ tpoʊst/ (outposts ) N‑COUNT An outpost is a small group of buildings used for trading or military purposes, either in a distant part of your own country or in a foreign country. □ …a remote mountain outpost, linked to the outside world by the poorest of roads. [Also + of ]
out|pour|ing /aʊ tpɔːr I ŋ/ (outpourings ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] An outpouring of something such as an emotion or a reaction is the expression of it in an uncontrolled way. □ [+ of ] The news of his death produced an instant outpouring of grief.
out|put ◆◇◇ /aʊ tpʊt/ (outputs )
1 N‑VAR Output is used to refer to the amount of something that a person or thing produces. □ Government statistics show the largest drop in industrial output for ten years.
2 N‑VAR The output of a computer or word processor is the information that it displays on a screen or prints on paper as a result of a particular program. □ You run the software, you look at the output, you make modifications.
out|rage (outrages , outraging , outraged ) The verb is pronounced /aʊ tre I dʒ/. The noun is pronounced /aʊ tre I dʒ/. 1 VERB If you are outraged by something, it makes you extremely shocked and angry. □ [be V -ed] Many people have been outraged by some of the things that have been said. □ [V n] Reports of torture and mass executions in Serbia's detention camps have outraged the world's religious leaders. ● out|raged ADJ □ [+ at/about ] He is truly outraged about what's happened to him.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Outrage is an intense feeling of anger and shock. □ [+ from ] The decision provoked outrage from women and human rights groups.
3 N‑COUNT You can refer to an act or event which you find very shocking as an outrage . □ The latest outrage was to have been a co-ordinated gun and bomb attack on the station.
out|ra|geous /aʊtre I dʒəs/ ADJ If you describe something as outrageous , you are emphasizing that it is unacceptable or very shocking. [EMPHASIS ] □ I must apologise for my outrageous behaviour. □ Charges for local phone calls are particularly outrageous. ● out|ra|geous|ly ADV [usu ADV adj] □ Car-parks are few, crammed, and outrageously expensive.
out|ran /aʊ træ n/ Outran is the past tense of outrun .
out|rank /aʊ træ ŋk/ (outranks , outranking , outranked ) VERB If one person outranks another person, he or she has a higher position or grade within an organization than the other person. □ [V n] The most junior executive officer outranked the senior engineer officer aboard ship.
outré /uː tre I , [AM ] uːtre I / ADJ Something that is outré is very unusual and strange. [FORMAL ] □ …outré outfits designed by students at the Royal College of Art.
out|reach /aʊ triːtʃ/ N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] Outreach programmes and schemes try to find people who need help or advice rather than waiting for those people to come and ask for help. □ …the outreach work that she has done to encourage girls to study physics at university level.
out|rid|er /aʊ tra I də r / (outriders ) N‑COUNT [usu n N ] Outriders are people such as police officers who ride on motorcycles or horses beside or in front of an official vehicle, in order to protect the people in the vehicle. □ …a black Mercedes with motorcycle outriders provided by the city's police.
out|right The adjective is pronounced /aʊ tra I t/. The adverb is pronounced /aʊ tra I t/. 1 ADJ [ADJ n] You use outright to describe behaviour and actions that are open and direct, rather than indirect. □ Kawaguchi finally resorted to an outright lie. □ …outright condemnation. ● ADV [ADV after v] Outright is also an adverb. □ Why are you so mysterious? Why don't you tell me outright?
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Outright means complete and total. □ She had failed to win an outright victory. □ The response of the audience varied from outright rejection to warm hospitality. ● ADV [ADV after v] Outright is also an adverb. □ The peace plan wasn't rejected outright. ● PHRASE If someone is killed outright , they die immediately, for example in an accident. □ My driver was killed outright.
out|run /aʊ trʌ n/ (outruns , outrunning , outran ) The form outrun is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb. 1 VERB If you outrun someone, you run faster than they do, and therefore are able to escape from them or to arrive somewhere before they do. □ [V n] There are not many players who can outrun me.
2 VERB If one thing outruns another thing, the first thing develops faster than the second thing. □ [V n] Spending could outrun the capacity of businesses to produce the goods.