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- DictionaryOut·strip/ˌoutˈstrip/
verb
- 1. move faster than and overtake (someone else): "during the morning warm-up, he once again outstripped the field"
The meaning of OUTSTRIP is to go faster or farther than. How to use outstrip in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Outstrip.
to be or become greater than something or someone in amount, degree, or success: Car dealers worry that demand will outstrip their supply.
to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition. to exceed: a demand that outstrips the supply. outstrip. / ˌaʊtˈstrɪp / verb. to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc. to be or grow greater than. to go faster than and leave behind.
OUTSTRIP meaning: 1. to be or become greater in amount, degree, or success than something or someone: 2. to be or…. Learn more.
If one thing outstrips another, it exceeds it or goes beyond it. When you outstrip someone during a race, you pass them. When one company’s profits outstrip another’s, they make more money. When the productivity of one nation outstrips the neighboring nation, they will have a bigger Gross National Product.
outstrip. British English: outstrip VERB / aʊtˈstrɪp /. If one thing outstrips another, the first thing becomes larger in amount, or more successful or important, than the second thing. Last year demand outstripped supply, and prices went up by more than a third. American English: outstrip / aʊtsˈtrɪp /.
outstrip somebody to run faster than somebody in a race so that you pass them. She soon outstripped the slower runners. Definition of outstrip verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
