outperform

[ out-per-fawrm ]

/ ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /

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verb (used with object)

to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.

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Origin of outperform

First recorded in 1955–60; out- + perform

Words nearby outperform

out on one's ear, out on the town, outpace, outparish, outpatient, outperform, outplace, outplacement, outplay, outpoint, outport

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How to use outperform in a sentence

Now researchers have developed a liquid cooling system integrated directly within a microchip that dramatically outperforms previous approaches.
This Microchip Has Its Own Built-In Cooling System|Edd Gent|September 14, 2020|Singularity Hub
In fact, the first independent evaluation of an AI diagnostic tool that outperformed humans in spotting cancer on mammograms was published only last month.
New standards for AI clinical trials will help spot snake oil and hype|Will Heaven|September 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Developers have been claiming that medical AIs outperform or match human ability for some time, and the pandemic has sent this trend into overdrive as companies compete to get their tools noticed.
New standards for AI clinical trials will help spot snake oil and hype|Will Heaven|September 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
They trade on the belief they’ll outperform the rest of the market.
Global stocks climb—and futures jump—after Tuesday’s sell-off|Bernhard Warner|September 9, 2020|Fortune

Another assessment by Ally Invest, an online brokerage, found that Apple generally outperformed the market one year after its stock splits, on average.
Investors riding high on Apple and Tesla stock splits could get clipped, data shows|rhhackettfortune|August 31, 2020|Fortune
For a time in the 1930s, leading Western intellectuals believed fascist regimes could economically outperform democracies.
No, Obama’s Iran Deal Was Not a Munich-Style Surrender|Peter Beinart|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Black students in New Orleans have started to outperform their peers in the rest of the state,” she writes.
Eight Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Has Been Resurrected|Jason Berry|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the rich now outperform the middle class by as much as the middle class outperform the poor.
No Rich Kid Left Behind|David Frum|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
ALEC: Are there shows that outperform us earnings-wise in a 30-minute half hour?
Alec Baldwin & Robert Carlock On How They Made '30 Rock' So Funny|Alec Baldwin, Robert Carlock|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Even very smart people who do this all day, every day, do not, on average, outperform the market.
Ask the Blogger|Megan McArdle|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for outperform

outperform

/ (ˌaʊtpəˈfɔːm) /

verb (tr)

to perform better than (someone or something)

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