Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.

    We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.

    überflügeln, überholen, überrunden

    опереди́тьoperedítʹ, опережа́тьoperežátʹ

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To exceed or surpass (someone or something).

    This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s.

    übertreffen

    опередитьopereditʹ, обогнатьobognatʹ

  3. (archaic, rare, transitive)To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.

More definitions
  • be or do something to a greater degree
  • go far ahead of

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Economic globalization has outstripped political globalization.

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  2. We have completely outstripped the other companies.

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  3. Demand is outstripping supply.

    ruСпрос превышает предложение.

    deDie Nachfrage ist größer als das Angebot.

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  4. I was completely outstripped.

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  5. The report says that in the last decade, remittances have outstripped inflows of foreign direct investment to the least developed countries (LDCs).

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to outrun or leave behind:
to exceed, excel or surpass:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to outrun or leave behind:
to exceed, excel or surpass:

Origin

From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obso

From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”).

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Forms

outstrips, outstripping, outstripped, outstripped
Base formoutstrip · to outstrip
3rd person singularoutstrips
Present participleoutstripping
Past simpleoutstripped / outstript
Past participleoutstripped / outstript

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutstrip
he, she, itoutstrips

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutstripped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outstripped
he, she, ithas outstripped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outstrip

Synonyms

28 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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