verb · academic
outpace
/aʊtˈpeɪs/out·PACE
task1
to grow or move faster than someone or something else
Examples
“Urban population growth outpaced rural growth throughout the period.”
“Technology adoption outpaced regulation.”
“Exports outpaced imports for the first half of the year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Over the decade, tech employment outpaced manufacturing employment by a considerable margin.”
Collocations
- outpace growth / outpace demand
- outpace rivals
Word family
outpace verboutpacing verb (gerund)outpaced verb (past)
Common mistakes
outpace than→outpace
outpaced with→outpaced
Say it for a higher band
5beat→6surpass→7+outpace
Synonyms
surpass
exceed
Easily confused
surpass
“The company's profits surpassed expectations last year.”
exceed
“Exports exceeded imports in the quarter.”
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