outrank

English

Etymology

out- +‎ rank

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

outrank (third-person singular simple present outranks, present participle outranking, simple past and past participle outranked)

1. (transitive) To be of a higher rank than.
2. (transitive) To be more important than.
   • 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44:

     More importantly, who could make a quick on-site risk assessment of regulations where the welfare of trapped passengers might out-rank the risk of, say, running a train through flood water over the rail head where it is obvious the track is still there?

References

• “outrank”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.