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to outmeasure

to outmeasure

1 7.7
Be bigger, longer, or greater than another
  • verb
  • /ˌaʊtˈmɛʒər/
: superar en medida
  • The new skyscraper outmeasures the old one by several feet.

Examples

  • Her patience outmeasured everyone else's during the long wait.

  • The new stadium outmeasures the old one by nearly a hundred seats.

  • In terms of height, the skyscraper easily outmeasures every other building in the city.

  • This tree outmeasures the others in the park.

  • The new skyscraper outmeasures all the other buildings in the city by several feet.

  • This year's harvest outmeasures last year's yield, providing an abundant food supply.

  • My new laptop outmeasures my old one in speed and storage capacity.

How Large

to surpass
99 4.6
to exceed
269 4.1
to outmeasure
1 7.7
equal
777 1.0

Surface Forms

outmeasure infinitive
outmeasured past
outmeasured past participle
outmeasuring present participle
outmeasures third person singular

Morphology

outmeasure = measure (transparent) = out + measure

The productive prefix 'out-' meaning 'more than' attaches to the verb 'measure' to yield 'measure more than', a straightforward compositional meaning.

Etymology

Outmeasure combines out-, which means 'more than' or 'beyond' as in outdo or outgrow, and measure, which means 'to find size or amount'. So, to outmeasure is to 'measure more' or to be larger or greater than someone or something else.