outperform

[out-per-fawrm]

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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.

Origin of outperform

First recorded in 1955–60; out- + perform

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Related Words for outperform

exceed, outrun, surpass, better, top, defeat, outplay

Examples from the Web for outperform

Contemporary Examples of outperform

“Black students in New Orleans have started to outperform their peers in the rest of the state,” she writes.
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Jason Berry
August 29, 2013
But the rich now outperform the middle class by as much as the middle class outperform the poor.
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David Frum
April 30, 2013
ALEC: Are there shows that outperform us earnings-wise in a 30-minute half hour?
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February 1, 2013
Even very smart people who do this all day, every day, do not, on average, outperform the market.
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Megan McArdle
December 3, 2012
To follow the Midwest Path, Obama will have to outperform Kerry among working-class Iowans and Ohioans.
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May 12, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for outperform

outperform

verb (tr)

to perform better than (someone or something)

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Word Origin and History for outperform

1960, from out (adv.) + perform. Related: Outperformed; outperforming.