Outproduces

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Creates or manufactures a greater quantity than another producer
2. Generates a higher output when compared to someone or something else
3. Yields more products or results than another source or entity

Etymology: "Outproduces" is the third-person singular form of "outproduce," so its history is essentially that of its two parts. The prefix "out-" is the old Germanic word meaning "away" or "beyond" that English has kept since Old English, where it appeared as "ūt." The verb it attaches to, "produce," came into English from Latin "prōdūcere," meaning "to lead forth" or "to bring forward," built from "prō-" (forward) and "dūcere" (to lead). Its earliest English sense was literal: to bring something out or forward into view. Joining "out-" to "produce" gives the sense of surpassing another party in the act of making or yielding. The verb works the way many "out-" compounds do, as in "outrun" or "outwit," so one thing outdoes another at the same task. Its meaning therefore rests on the older, physical idea of leading something forth, now applied to output, crops, or goods.

Synonyms: exceeds, overproduces, surpasses, outdoes, outperforms

Antonyms: underproduces, falls short, fails, lags, diminishes