outcompete

English

Alternative forms

• out-compete

Etymology

From out- +‎ compete.

Verb

outcompete (third-person singular simple present outcompetes, present participle outcompeting, simple past and past participle outcompeted)

1. To be more successful than a competitor; especially to thrive in the presence of an organism that is competing for resources.
   • 2014, Bill Nye, Corey S. Powell, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation:

     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.

   • 2020 November 7, Yuval Noah Harari, “At Home With Our Ancient Cousins, the Neanderthals”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     While individual Neanderthals were perhaps as inquisitive, imaginative and creative as individual Sapiens, superior networking enabled Sapiens to swiftly outcompete Neanderthals.

   • 2022 July 11, Helena Horton, “Oral contraceptives could help reduce grey squirrel numbers, research finds”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• overcompete
• undercompete

Translations

be much more successful than a competitor

• Danish: udkonkurrere
• German: auskonkurrieren, verdrängen (de)