What does outstrip mean?
Definitions for outstrip
ˌaʊtˈstrɪpout·strip
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Princeton's WordNet
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperformverb
be or do something to a greater degree
"her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
outdistance, outstrip, distanceverb
go far ahead of
"He outdistanced the other runners"
GCIDE
Outstripverb
To exceed in development or performance; to surpass in any competition; to outdo; to outpace.
Wiktionary
outstripverb
To outrun or leave behind.
We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.
outstripverb
To exceed, excel or surpass.
This year's production has already outstripped last year's.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Outstripverb
To outgo; to leave behind.
Etymology: This word Stephen Skinner derives from out and spritzen, to spout, German. I know not whether it might not have been originally out-trip, the s being afterward inserted.
If thou wilt out-strip death, go cross the seas,
And live with Richmond from the reach of hell. William Shakespeare.Do not smile at me, that I boast her off;
For thou shalt find, she will out-strip all praise,
And make it halt behind her. William Shakespeare, Tempest.Thou both their graces in thyself hast more
Out-stript, than they did all that went before. Ben Jonson.My soul, more earnestly releas’d,
Will out-strip hers; as bullets flown before
A latter bullet may o’ertake, the powder being more. John Donne.A fox may be out-witted, and a hare out-stript. Roger L'Estrange.
He got the start of them in point of obedience, and thereby out-stript them at length in point of knowledge. South.
With such array Harpalice bestrode
Her Thracian courser, and out-strip’d the rapid flood. Dryd.
Wikipedia
Outstrip
Outstrip (foaled 27 January 2011) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the leading two-year-old in Britain in 2013 when he won the Champagne Stakes and was placed in both the Vintage Stakes and the Dewhurst Stakes. In November he was sent to the United States where he won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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outstrip
Outstrip refers to surpassing, exceeding, or going beyond something in performance, quality, or degree. It often implies a significant margin or degree of superiority.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Outstrip
owt-strip′, v.t. to outrun: to leave behind: to escape beyond one's reach.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of outstrip in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of outstrip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of outstrip in a Sentence
The persistence of this drought has begun to outstrip the tools utilities typically use to manage the state's hydrological cycles.
We’re starting to outstrip the market requirement in terms of what city buses actually do.
Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks:
In the context of a pandemic, we expect demand to far outstrip supply and the lower the dose the more people we expect to be able to protect.
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.
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