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outstrip

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˌʌʊtˈstɹɪp] Canadian raising
  • Australian: /ˌæɔtˈstɹɪp/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌæʊtˈstɹəp/
  • rhymes with -ɪp
  • CMU ARPABET: AW0 T S T R IH1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overgo, overhaul, overtake

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To exceed or surpass (someone or something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outdo, transcend, exceed, excel, forpass, go beyond, outreach, outcompass, outstep, outstrip, overgo, overpass, overreach, overstep, overstride, surpass, transgress, trespass

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

be or do something to a greater degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: surpass, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

Narrower terms: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent, outgrow, outshout, outcry, outroar, outsail, outdraw, outsell, outpace, better, break, outshine, outrange, outweigh, outbrave, out-herod, shame, outmarch, outwear

5

verb

Meaning 5

go far ahead of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He outdistanced the other runners

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outdistance, distance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leave behind

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изпреварвам (izprevarvam) — to outrun or leave behind
  • Dutch: overtreffen — to outrun or leave behind
  • Dutch: overvleugelen — to outrun or leave behind
  • French: devancer — to outrun or leave behind
  • Galician: adiantar — to outrun or leave behind
  • German: überflügeln — to outrun or leave behind
  • German: überholen — to outrun or leave behind
  • German: überrunden — to outrun or leave behind
  • Hungarian: lehagy — to outrun or leave behind
  • Ido: devancar — to outrun or leave behind
  • Russian: опереди́ть (operedítʹ) — to outrun or leave behind
  • Russian: опережа́ть (operežátʹ) — to outrun or leave behind
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̀дмашити — to outrun or leave behind
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѐтећи — to outrun or leave behind
  • Serbo-Croatian: nàdmašiti — to outrun or leave behind
  • Serbo-Croatian: prèteći — to outrun or leave behind
  • Bulgarian: надминавам (nadminavam) — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Danish: overtræffe — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Dutch: overtreffen — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Dutch: overvleugelen — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • French: devancer — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • German: übertreffen — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Polish: przewyższać — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Russian: опередить (opereditʹ) — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Russian: обогнать (obognatʹ) — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̀дмашити — to exceed, excel or surpass
  • Serbo-Croatian: nàdmašiti — to exceed, excel or surpass