outstripping

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noun

The act or process of something being outstripped.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of outstrip
nounoutstripping (plural outstrippings)

plural outstrippings

  1. The act or process of something being outstripped.

    And these outstrippings and outmodings, they assert, were necessary and desirable, considering the internal limitations of the lyric form.

    1994, Herbert A. Leibowitz, Parnassus: Twenty Years of Poetry in Review, page 320
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APA

outstripping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstripping

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“outstripping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstripping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outstripping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstripping.

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