"outstrip" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-outstrip.wav [Southern-England] Forms: outstrips [present, singular, third-person], outstripping [participle, present], outstripped [participle, past], outstripped [past], outstript [participle, past], outstript [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], outstrip [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɪp Etymology: From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{pre|en|out|strip|pos1=prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing|t2=(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly}} out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”), {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=outstript}} outstrip (third-person singular simple present outstrips, present participle outstripping, simple past and past participle outstripped or outstript) Inflection templates: {{en-conj-simple|past2=outstript|stem=outstripp}}
  1. To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind. Tags: transitive Synonyms: overgo, overhaul, overtake Translations (to outrun or leave behind): изпреварвам (izprevarvam) (Bulgarian), overtreffen (Dutch), overvleugelen (Dutch), devancer (French), adiantar (Galician), überflügeln (German), überholen (German), überrunden (German), lehagy (Hungarian), devancar (Ido), опереди́ть (operedítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), опережа́ть (operežátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), на̀дмашити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), прѐтећи [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nàdmašiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), prèteći [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-outstrip-en-verb-27hoadqt Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 37 39 24 Disambiguation of 'to outrun or leave behind': 70 17 13
  2. (figuratively) To exceed or surpass (someone or something). Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: outdo, transcend, transcend Translations (to exceed, excel or surpass): надминавам (nadminavam) (Bulgarian), overtræffe (Danish), overtreffen (Dutch), overvleugelen (Dutch), devancer (French), übertreffen (German), przewyższać (Polish), опередить (opereditʹ) (Russian), обогнать (obognatʹ) (Russian), на̀дмашити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), nàdmašiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), sobrepasar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-outstrip-en-verb-RziTxWv8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 59 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 37 39 24 Disambiguation of 'to exceed, excel or surpass': 11 53 37
  3. (archaic, rare) To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress. Tags: archaic, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-outstrip-en-verb-~ioLKDb0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 37 39 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: outstripper

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19 – 26 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2021-02-14",
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          "_dis1": "70 17 13",
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          "text": "This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s.",
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          "ref": "1858, S[amuel] F[ales] Dunlap, “Sun-worship”, in Vestiges of the Spirit-history of Man, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, […], →OCLC, page 60",
          "text": "Thou, Surya, outstrippest all in speed; thou art visible to all; thou art the source of light; thou shinest throughout the entire firmament.",
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          "ref": "1963 October, G[eoffrey] Freeman Allen, R. K. Evans, “The Japanese National Railways and the New Tokaido Line”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allen Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 239",
          "text": "With a population that has risen by over 25 per cent since 1940 to over 10m, Tokyo has now outstripped London as the world's largest city.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, “Introducing the Baby Signs Program”, in Baby Signs: How to Talk to Your Baby before Your Baby Can Talk, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill.: McGraw Hill, pages 13–14",
          "text": "[Y]our baby can easily learn simple signs for objects, events, feelings, and needs. With these signs literally at your baby's fingertips, communication between you can flourish during that difficult time from about six to thirty months, when your baby's desire to communicate outstrips his capacity to say words.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2009 September 22, Gerry Connolly (Virginia), “Democratic Freshman Class Hour on Health Care”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 111th Congress, First Session (United States House of Representatives), volume 155, part 16, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22291, column 1",
          "text": "[T]he average increase in insurance premiums over the last decade was 138 percent, far outstripping the rate of inflation and far outstripping, as you point out, the growth in wages and income.",
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          "ref": "2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-06",
          "text": "Kim [Jong-il] was educated at the newly founded university in Pyongyang, named after his father [Kim Il-sung], graduating in 1964. The 1960s and early 1970s were the golden years for the DPRK. It undertook rapid industrialisation, economically outstripped its southern competitor, and enjoyed the support of both the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real rail wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53",
          "text": "It also singled out ten routes (all closed except Leeds-Bradford/Ilkley) to show how costs outstripped earnings, without mention of what through-journey revenue they generated for the main lines to which they were connected.",
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          "_dis1": "11 53 37",
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          "roman": "nadminavam",
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "overtræffe"
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          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "overtreffen"
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          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "overvleugelen"
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          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "devancer"
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          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "übertreffen"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "przewyższać"
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          "roman": "opereditʹ",
          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "опередить"
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          "_dis1": "11 53 37",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obognatʹ",
          "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
          "word": "обогнать"
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        {
          "ref": "1832, Thomas Hood, “A Horse-dealer”, in The Comic Annual, 2nd edition, London: Charles Tilt, […], →OCLC, page 133",
          "text": "Roaring he calleth \"sound,\" and a steed that high bloweth in running, he compareth to Eclipse, for he outstrippeth the wind.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19 – 26 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2021-02-14",
          "text": "The wing outstripped Mark Cueto, but [Ben] Foden's excellent cover tackle killed the threat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "outrun",
          "outrun"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "overgo"
        },
        {
          "word": "overhaul"
        },
        {
          "word": "overtake"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1858, S[amuel] F[ales] Dunlap, “Sun-worship”, in Vestiges of the Spirit-history of Man, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, […], →OCLC, page 60",
          "text": "Thou, Surya, outstrippest all in speed; thou art visible to all; thou art the source of light; thou shinest throughout the entire firmament.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963 October, G[eoffrey] Freeman Allen, R. K. Evans, “The Japanese National Railways and the New Tokaido Line”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allen Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 239",
          "text": "With a population that has risen by over 25 per cent since 1940 to over 10m, Tokyo has now outstripped London as the world's largest city.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, “Introducing the Baby Signs Program”, in Baby Signs: How to Talk to Your Baby before Your Baby Can Talk, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill.: McGraw Hill, pages 13–14",
          "text": "[Y]our baby can easily learn simple signs for objects, events, feelings, and needs. With these signs literally at your baby's fingertips, communication between you can flourish during that difficult time from about six to thirty months, when your baby's desire to communicate outstrips his capacity to say words.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 22, Gerry Connolly (Virginia), “Democratic Freshman Class Hour on Health Care”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 111th Congress, First Session (United States House of Representatives), volume 155, part 16, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22291, column 1",
          "text": "[T]he average increase in insurance premiums over the last decade was 138 percent, far outstripping the rate of inflation and far outstripping, as you point out, the growth in wages and income.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-06",
          "text": "Kim [Jong-il] was educated at the newly founded university in Pyongyang, named after his father [Kim Il-sung], graduating in 1964. The 1960s and early 1970s were the golden years for the DPRK. It undertook rapid industrialisation, economically outstripped its southern competitor, and enjoyed the support of both the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real rail wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53",
          "text": "It also singled out ten routes (all closed except Leeds-Bradford/Ilkley) to show how costs outstripped earnings, without mention of what through-journey revenue they generated for the main lines to which they were connected.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exceed or surpass (someone or something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ],
        [
          "surpass",
          "surpass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To exceed or surpass (someone or something)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "outdo"
        },
        {
          "word": "transcend"
        },
        {
          "word": "transcend"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 July, Will Staeger, Painkiller, New York, N.Y.: HarperTorch, HarperCollinsPublishers, published May 2006, page 13",
          "text": "Still, he thought that if Roy happened to expand his kingdom, outstripping that self-imposed nickname of his, it'd be nice to have the man on his list.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overstep",
          "overstep#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "transgress",
          "transgress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, rare) To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪp"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izprevarvam",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "изпреварвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "overtreffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "overvleugelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "devancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "adiantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "überflügeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "überholen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "überrunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "lehagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "word": "devancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "operedítʹ",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опереди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "operežátʹ",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опережа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "на̀дмашити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прѐтећи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nàdmašiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to outrun or leave behind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prèteći"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadminavam",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "надминавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "overtræffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "overtreffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "overvleugelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "devancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "übertreffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "przewyższać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opereditʹ",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "опередить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obognatʹ",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "обогнать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "на̀дмашити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nàdmašiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to exceed, excel or surpass",
      "word": "sobrepasar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outstrip"
}

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