OUTPERFORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outperform mean? 

• OUTPERFORM (verb)
  The verb OUTPERFORM has 1 sense:

1. be or do something to a greater degree

  Familiarity information: OUTPERFORM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTPERFORM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they outperform    ... he / she / it outperforms   
Past simple: outperformed   
Past participle: outperformed   
-ing form: outperforming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be or do something to a greater degree

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass

Context example:

This car outperforms all others in its class

Hypernyms (to "outperform" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "outperform"):

better; break (surpass in excellence)

outwear (last longer than others)

outmarch (march longer distances and for a longer time than)

shame (surpass or beat by a wide margin)

outfox (outdo someone in trickery)

out-herod (surpass someone in cruelty or evil)

outbrave (be braver than)

outweigh (be heavier than)

outrange (have a greater range than (another gun))

outshine (attract more attention and praise than others)

beat; circumvent; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach (beat through cleverness and wit)

outpace (surpass in speed)

outsell (be sold more often than other, similar products)

outsell (sell more than others)

outdraw (draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight)

outsail (sail faster or better than)

outroar (roar louder than)

outcry; outshout (shout louder than)

outgrow (grow faster than)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

These “biomarker signatures” outperformed the predictive accuracy of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) protein, which is currently used for making early diagnoses of prostate cancer.

(Biomarker Signatures of Prostate Cancer, NIH)

The researchers found that participants with their phones in another room significantly outperformed those with their phones on the desk, and they also slightly outperformed those participants who had kept their phones in a pocket or bag.

(Presence of Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The program also outperformed doctors in spotting patients with Angelman syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome—an inherited genetic mutation that can cause, among other symptoms, low-set ears and an upturned nose—versus other disorders, and in separating patients with different genetic subtypes of Noonan syndrome.

(Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Diagnose Rare Disorders with Just A Picture, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)