Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To move past or ahead of.
- transitive verb To be greater than or superior to; exceed or surpass: synonym: excel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To outrun; advance or go beyond; exceed.
- To flee beyond the reach of; escape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behind.
- transitive verb To exceed in development or performance; to surpass in any competition; to outdo; to outpace{2}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
outrun orleave behind . - verb To
exceed ,excel orsurpass .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be or do something to a greater degree
- verb go far ahead of
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Examples
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In other words, I suggest that accomplishment may again outstrip expectations.
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Divorce lawyer Vanessa Lloyd Platt said Mrs Rooney's income may in the long-term outstrip that of her husband, who earns an estimated £7 million a year from
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Divorce lawyer Vanessa Lloyd Platt said Mrs Rooney's income may in the long-term outstrip that of her husband, who earns an estimated £7 million a year from Manchester United and his sponsors.
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The first who shall make it his business to get himself into favour and esteem by those ways, I am much deceived if he do not and by the best title outstrip his competitors: force and violence can do something, but not always all.
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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The first who shall make it his business to get himself into favour and esteem by those ways, I am much deceived if he do not and by the best title outstrip his competitors: force and violence can do something, but not always all.
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 11 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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"The man rises from his state of prostrate surrender to join himself to the force of the wind," writes Irene H. Chayes, "master it — fulfilling his [Shelley's] boyhood ambition to 'outstrip' it (ll. 50-51) — and turn it into an instrument of his own."
Shelley's Golden Wind: Zen Harmonics in _A Defence of Poetry_ and 'Ode to the WestWind' 2007
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As for California, struggling to recover from the collapse in real estate, construction and retail: Cooper believes the private sector, led by high tech - including clean tech, in which he sees "huge opportunities"- will soon "outstrip" growth in the rest of the nation.
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Technology changes 'outstrip' netbooks photo: Creative Commons/Flickr upload bot
WN.com - Articles related to Intuit app lets iPhones prepare US tax returns 2010
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Technology changes 'outstrip' netbooks photo: Creative Commons/Flickr upload bot
WN.com - Articles related to Intuit app lets iPhones prepare US tax returns 2010
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As for California, struggling to recover from the collapse in real estate, construction and retail: Cooper believes the private sector, led by high tech - including clean tech, in which he sees "huge opportunities"- will soon "outstrip" growth in the rest of the nation.
SFGate: Top News Stories Andrew S. Ross 2010
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