to outstrip
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6.8
- verb
- /aʊtˈstrɪp/
:
superar
- Currently, the demand for these awards far outstrips supply.
- demand outstrips
- outstrips supply
- far outstrip
This huge new customer base meant that demand was outstripping supply and prices started to rise.
- This huge new customer base meant that demand was outstripping supply and prices started to rise.
- Of course, the demand for stories about a rise in hate greatly outstripped the supply.
- But you know, the vibe of crime being on the rise has like really far outstripped the actual numbers.
- Wage settlement started to outstrip inflation.
- This, all of this is outstripped our human intelligence.
- So, oh, you're demand for answers outstrips your supply.
- And the temptation is to say when demand outstrip supply, what do you do?
- But as the Afghan issue flared and then Iraq fair flared, it's so outstripped their ability to grow.
- Now the costs have not, contrary to many of the news reports, have not outstripped the budget.
- And it can easily rapidly outstrip these these billions of thoughts that we're talking about.
- It's really people's whose expectations have outstripped the ability of their societies to fulfill them.
Examples
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Loans from private sources become nearly impossible as the debt load begins to far outstrip payment capacity.
Academic text (1994) -
You know how quickly one feature can outstrip another in the process of growth.
Fiction book (1991) -
"There is never enough money in public services because expectations outstrip budgets.
Academic text (2010) -
This huge new customer base meant that demand was outstripping supply and prices started to rise.
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Eventually, the peak demands began to outstrip the plant's capacity, and it became obvious that an upgrade was needed.
Academic text (1998) -
Of course, the demand for stories about a rise in hate greatly outstripped the supply.
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Despite the huge increase in Ph.D.s, the demand still outstrips the supply.
Academic text (1990) -
The demand for immune globulin is outstripping supply in almost every country.
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Even now, our ability to acquire biological data far outstrips our ability to store it in reliable and easily retrievable formats.
Academic text (2010) -
The demand for electric cars is expected to outstrip the supply in the coming years.
Synonyms
255
4.1
To be greater than a set amount or beyond what people expect
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3.6
To exceed a limit or what people expect
101
6.8
To go beyond a limit or expectation
100
4.6
To be better than another person or thing
30
4.8
Do better than someone or something
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3.8
Be better than someone at something
20
4.9
To move, grow, or develop faster than another
15
4.8
Do better and get more attention than others
14
4.2
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
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6.4
Do better than someone in skill or performance
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4.6
To be much better than someone or something
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6.2
To move ahead of others in a race or competition
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6.7
Get much farther ahead of other people in a race or competition
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6.1
To do better than someone or something and win
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6.7
To gain more than someone else, especially in a competition
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3.5
Be better than a limit or what people expected
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5.9
To get ahead of others in progress or achievement
Move or act faster than other people to gain an advantage
Be better than someone or something in a competition
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
To be better than others in skill or quality
To move past another person or thing and go ahead of them
To impress people more than others
To suddenly move ahead of competitors by making a big improvement
To do better than someone or something
To be better than another person or thing
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outstrip is built from out- meaning 'beyond' and the idea in strip of moving past a line or point, so a helpful way to remember it is to picture someone going 'beyond the line' ahead of another. That's why to outstrip someone is to move faster than them or to do better than them.