verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To sell more than; to surpass in sales. stative, transitive

   "The new smartphone is expected to outsell its competitors."

2. 2
   sell more than others wordnet
3. 3
   To sell at a higher price (than) stative, transitive
4. 4
   be sold more often than other, similar products wordnet

Example

More examples

"The new smartphone is expected to outsell its competitors."

Etymology

From out- + sell.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.