outcompete

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10

Definition of outcompete

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To be more successful than a competitor; especially to thrive in the presence of an organism that is competing for resources.
    “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.”

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Etymology

From out- + compete.

Words you can make from outcompete

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