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outachieve

outachieve verb: to surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.

Verb

outachieve (third-person singular simple present outachieves, present participle outachieving, simple past and past participle outachieved)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.
    • It is not an unreasonable argument, but the effective counter is that they have still managed to outachieve and outlast a generation, with ease and without burning out.2009 July 1, Harvey Araton, “Venus, Serena and a Group of Ladies-in-Waiting”, in New York Times

Forms of outachieve

third-person singular presentoutachieves
present participleoutachieving
past participleoutachieved
pastoutachieved

Origin of outachieve

From out- + achieve.

Questions about outachieve

What does outachieve mean?
Outachieve means to surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.
What part of speech is outachieve?
Outachieve is a verb.
What is the past tense of outachieve?
The past tense of outachieve is outachieved.

Words near outachieve in the dictionary

  1. outa
  2. outaccelerate
  3. outaccelerated
  4. outaccelerates
  5. outaccelerating
  6. outachieve
  7. outachieved
  8. outachieves
  9. outachieving
  10. outact
  11. outacted

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