outstrip
outstrip
Definition
out·strip (o̵ut′strip′)
transitive verb -·stripped′, -·strip′·ping
- to go at a faster pace than; get ahead of
- to excel; surpass
outstrip
Synonyms
outstrip
Usage Examples
Object
- supply: The global demand for oil is likely to outstrip supply within the next 10 or 20 years.
- inflation: Choose your level of risk, then, as property and share prices reliably outstrip inflation, watch your investments compound and grow.
- competitor: It has already outstripped many competitors to become the preferred choice of over 10 % of the country's spread betting enthusiasts.
- growth: Retail growth, having outstripped economic growth in past years, is now coming to an end.
- demand: World supply of bananas has outstripped demand at the price necessary to sustain such a level of supply.
- capacity: Within a very short time the rate of withdrawals was outstripping the capacity of the main works to dispose of them.
Subject
- demand: Instructions to let property continued to grow at a steady pace but have been outstripped by tenant demand for the eighth consecutive quarter.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
- such: The rise of 8.9 per cent outstripped other online boom areas such as health, entertainment, retail, and business.
- due: Adverse environmental factors outstrip supportive factors due to removal of organisms from their natural environment.
Adjective complement
- many: This season has already seen record online sales for Bristol Rugby, far outstripping many of its Premiership rivals.
Modifying Another Word
- far: These sums can far outstrip the amount of damages awarded.
- massively: The money I earn is outstripped massively by my debts, I can't even make minimum repayments.
- vastly: Jobs are limited and supply of potential workforce vastly outstrips demand.
- consistently: This landmark would have been reached earlier as demand has consistently outstripped supply, but they are working at capacity.
- easily: The £ 6.2 million awarded across 368 cases in 2004 easily outstripped the £ 4.3 million paid the previous year.
- soon: Competition for decreasing oil reserves from the expanding economies of Asia means that demand will soon outstrip supply.
Preposition: by
- demand: Instructions to let property continued to grow at a steady pace but have been outstripped by tenant demand for the eighth consecutive quarter.
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