outcompete
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be more successful than a competitor; especially to thrive in the presence of an organism that is competing for resources.
Example Sentences
- "It shows the peahens that the peacock is strong. And it shows other males that this peacock can outstrut, outfly, outcourt, and generally outcompete them."
- "While individual Neanderthals were perhaps as inquisitive, imaginative and creative as individual Sapiens, superior networking enabled Sapiens to swiftly outcompete Neanderthals."
- "Grey squirrels are an invasive species in the UK, introduced from North America in the 1870s. They pose a problem for wildlife including endangered red squirrels, which they outcompete."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English compete English outcompete From out- + compete.
Inflected Forms
outcompetes (present, singular)
outcompeting (participle, present)
outcompeted (participle, past)
outcompeted (past)
out-compete (alternative)
Frequently Paired Words
overcompete
undercompete