outperform

verb

out·​per·​form ˌau̇t-pər-ˈfȯrm How to pronounce outperform (audio)
ˌau̇t-pə-
outperformed; outperforming; outperforms

transitive verb

: to perform better than
Today a kid who flips burgers can save enough money to buy a motorcycle that will outperform all but a couple of pricey sports cars.James R. Petersen

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The Wall Street firm cited strong Halloween sales as a catalyst for the stock to outperform. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025 While Hubbard has been the team’s top back for more than two years, Dowdle has outperformed the homegrown leader since filling in for him against the Miami Dolphins in Week 5. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025 When further trained on human and virus protein interactions, PLM-Interact again outperformed existing models in predicting how viruses interact with host proteins. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025 Systems that know when to act, when to ask, and when to explain will outperform those that operate in isolation. Joel Hron, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outperform

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of outperform was in 1937

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“Outperform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outperform. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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