overperform

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verb

To perform better than expected, required, or predicted; to exceed a relevant standard or benchmark in performance.

Opposite
Scrabble 21

Meanings

verboverperform (third-person singular simple present overperforms, present participle overperforming, simple past and past participle overperformed)

present singular third person overperforms · participle present overperforming · participle past overperformed · past overperformed

  1. ambitransitiveTo perform better than expected, required, or predicted; to exceed a relevant standard or benchmark in performance.

    ESG screened portfolios overperform the benchmark in the long term only if the exclusion threshold is low.

    2024, Beatrice Bertelli, Costanza Torricelli, “The trade-off between ESG screening and portfolio diversification in the short and in the long run”, in Journal of Economics and Finance, volume 48, number 2, →DOI, pages 298–322
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    In contrast, Haaland is overperforming by 6.83 goals since joining Dortmund, which is almost a 14-goal swing between the pair.

    2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
Also see

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishperform
  8. Englishoverperform

From over- + perform.

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APA

overperform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overperform

MLA

“overperform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overperform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overperform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overperform.

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