Meanings
nounoutperformance (uncountable)
- uncountableThe act or state of outperforming
Investors in overseas stock markets had more to show for their wandering spirit as those markets continued a long run of outperformance.
2007 April 8, Conrad De Aenlle, “A (Relatively) Good Quarter for Foreign Stocks”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Englishperformance
- Englishoutperformance
From out- + performance.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
outperformance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outperformance
MLA
“outperformance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outperformance. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outperformance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outperformance.
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