outperform

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Surpassing in quality or number
catch
catch (someone) up
compare
crown
crush
do something for an encoreidiom
eclipse
encore
outcompete
outdo
outflank
outgo
outman
put/leave someone in the shadeidiom
shade
shame
steal a march on someoneidiom
steal someone's thunderidiom
surpass
tower

outstrip | American Dictionary

outstrip
verb[ T ]
us/ˌɑʊtˈstrɪp/-pp-
to be or become greater than something or someone in amount, degree, or success:
Car dealers worry that demand will outstrip their supply.

outstrip | Business English

outstrip
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌaʊtˈstrɪp/us-pp-
to be more successful than expected:
outstrip expectations/forecasts/predictionsGroup sales were up 6% to $5.8 billion, outstripping Wall Street expectations of $5.47 billion.
to grow or develop more quickly than something else:
Credit card complaints outstrip all other bank-related grievances.
outstrip supply/demand/inflationSupplies of goods and services are outstripping demand.
be outstripped by sthOutput in the sector has increased, but has been outstripped by service sector growth and so has fallen as a proportion of the total economy.
to be more successful than other companies or countries:
outstrip competitors/rivalsRatings of the latest BBC news channel have outstripped all their commercial rivals.
be outstripped by sthA high proportion of manufacturing businesses in Western Europe have now been outstipped by foreign competition.

Examples of outstrip

outstrip
It was soon clear that the institute, its staff, and research needs were outstripping the capacity of the 1934 building.
It is properly speculative, and emphasizes that what we know is far outstripped by what we do not know, let alone dream of.
He saw that 'acting in good faith' is compatible with bearing (some) responsibility and that agency can outstrip intention.
If the information outstrips what has been consented to, there is a problem with simply disclosing the information.
The importance of this target article obviously outstrips the domain of animal language.
It did so with an efficiency and pervasive power that far outstripped the former attempts at regulating consumption.
One has a sense of authority constantly outstripped by popular ingenuity, and by the onrush of commoditization.
Transplantation is believed to be the most cost-effective treatment (8;12), but the demand for kidneys far outstrips the supply.
The rate of global technological and cultural change seems, rather, to be outstripping the ability of "natural" selection to keep up.
Since then, the subject has been developing at a rapid pace, so that the theoretical developments have largely outstripped the too scarce (indirect) observational evidence.
Their energy at the printing press outstripped their due proportion : 3,750 titles by 1700.
They have left behind this label - outstripped its negative connotations and surpassed all associated expectations.
Although all three thinkers began with the perception that the mass of information outstripped the capacity of individual memory, they arrived at different conclusions.
Globally, this mechanism of hydrogen production could have outstripped geological sources by two to four orders of magnitude.
In neutral countries as well, prices outstripped workers' incomes and hardship radicalised workers.
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