verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To perform better than something or someone. transitive

   "The strategy depends on an ability to outperform the market consistently, which many economists regard as virtually impossible."

2. 2
   be or do something to a greater degree wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

exceedexceloutclassoutdooutdooutgo

Example

More examples

"Multinational corporations outperform traditional corporations operating in just one country."

Etymology

From out- + perform.

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