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outperforms

outperforms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outperform.

Meaning of outperform

Verb

outperform (third-person singular simple present outperforms, present participle outperforming, simple past and past participle outperformed)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about outperforms

What is outperforms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outperforms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outperform.

Words near outperforms in the dictionary

  1. outperformance
  2. outperformed
  3. outperformer
  4. outperformers
  5. outperforming
  6. outperforms
  7. outphotograph
  8. outphotographed
  9. outphotographing
  10. outphotographs
  11. outpick

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