outcompete

verb

out·​com·​pete ˌau̇t-kəm-ˈpēt How to pronounce outcompete (audio)
outcompeted; outcompeting

transitive verb

: to defeat, outdo, or displace by competing more effectively or aggressively
rival teams trying to outcompete one another
… one popular theory holds that dinosaurs outcompeted rival groups in their rise to world domination.Kate Wong

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When three-person startups with AI agent swarms can outcompete thousand-employee corporations, traditional governance models aren’t ready for these existential threats. Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 The goals are to remove invasive species from 9 acres of Bates Woods Park and to plant at least 80 trees in the park to outcompete and limit future reinvasion from invasive plants. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025 New evaluative frameworks that incorporate these measures could be used to appeal to new markets and users, keeping U.S. companies competitive even if their models can no longer consistently outcompete Chinese models on the standard benchmarks. Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2025 The hypercompetitive economic landscape has driven leaders to adopt rigid performance evaluations, defining success primarily by the absence of mistakes or by outcompeting their colleagues. Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for outcompete

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of outcompete was in 1889

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“Outcompete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcompete. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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