outperform
/ˌaʊt.pɚˈfɔɹm/
outperform verb: to perform better than something or someone.
Verb
outperform (third-person singular simple present outperforms, present participle outperforming, simple past and past participle outperformed)
- To perform better than something or someone.
- The strategy depends on an ability to outperform the market consistently, which many economists regard as virtually impossible.2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN
- Rail has continued to outperform bus operations, where a decline in ridership continues.2019 October 23, “Industry Insider: Continued rail growth”, in Rail, page 72
outperform meaning in Tamil
outperform in Tamil
- இன்னொன்றை, செயலில், போட்டியில் விஞ்சு, மீறு
Examples of outperform in a sentence
- ChatGPT performs well at writing argumentative student essays and outperforms the quality of the human-written essays significantly.2023 October 30, Herbold et al., “A large-scale comparison of human-written versus ChatGPT-generated essays”, in Scientific Reports, volume...
- It[China] had a buoyant economy outperforming forecasts.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
Forms of outperform
| third-person singular present | outperforms |
|---|---|
| present participle | outperforming |
| past participle | outperformed |
| past | outperformed |
Origin of outperform
From out- + perform.
Words formed from outperform
Questions about outperform
- What does outperform mean?
- Outperform means to perform better than something or someone.
- What is outperform in Tamil?
- Outperform in Tamil is இன்னொன்றை, செயலில், போட்டியில் விஞ்சு. See Outperform meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use outperform in a sentence?
- ChatGPT performs well at writing argumentative student essays and outperforms the quality of the human-written essays significantly.
- What part of speech is outperform?
- Outperform is a verb.
- How do you pronounce outperform?
- Outperform is pronounced /ˌaʊt.pɚˈfɔɹm/ (US).
- What is the past tense of outperform?
- The past tense of outperform is outperformed.
Words near outperform in the dictionary
Source and license
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