MEANING
To surpass or leave behind in speed, growth, achievement, or amount.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- outstrip supply
- outstrip expectations
- outstrip the competition
On the page
Demand outstripped supply long before the last train was announced.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- outstrip
- Past tense
- outstripped
- Past participle
- outstripped
- Present participle
- outstripping
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- outstrip
- Present continuous
- am/is/are outstripping
- Present perfect
- have/has outstripped
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been outstripping
- Past
- outstripped
- Past continuous
- was/were outstripping
- Past perfect
- had outstripped
- Past perfect continuous
- had been outstripping
- Future
- will outstrip
- Future continuous
- will be outstripping
- Future perfect
- will have outstripped
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been outstripping
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Usage notes
Often takes a measure, capacity, or rival as its object; it can suggest a widening gap.
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