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OVERACHIEVEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overachievement mean?
• OVERACHIEVEMENT (noun)
The noun OVERACHIEVEMENT has 1 sense:
1. better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
Familiarity information: OVERACHIEVEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("overachievement" is a kind of...):
performance (any recognized accomplishment)
Antonym:
underachievement (poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests))
Derivation:
overachieve (perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected)
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