1.HIGH POSITION OR RANKto have a higher rank than someone else in the same group 级别高于,地位高于〔同一团体中的某人〕
2.IMPORTANTto be more important than something else 重要性超过〔某物〕
Examples from the Corpus
outrank• Since he outranked Beauregard, Johnston assumed top command.• Raskin was not happy about the development, but Jobs outranked him.• Successfulsalesstaff will outrank less successful workers, regardless of qualifications.• He outranked me; he was the aircraftcommander, with years of experience.• The survey shows that humor and shared activities outranksex as features of a good relationship.• He would be saying that he, because of his apostleship, outranked them because they were not apostles.