Usually means: Exceeding expectations in given metrics.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word outperform:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. outperform: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. outperform: Merriam-Webster
  3. outperform: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. outperform: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. outperform: Collins English Dictionary
  6. outperform: Vocabulary.com
  7. Outperform, outperform: Wordnik
  8. outperform: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. outperform: Wiktionary
  10. outperform: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. outperform: Dictionary.com
  12. outperform: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. outperform: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. outperform: Rhymezone
  15. outperform: FreeDictionary.org
  16. outperform: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. outperform: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Outperform: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. Outperform: Investopedia
  5. Outperform: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. outperform: Encyclopedia

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To perform better than something or someone.

Similar:
outdo, do someone one better, Excel, better, outdeliver, show up, go beyond, outproduce, outachieve, outbest, more...

Opposite:
underperform

Types:
exceed, surpass, outstrip, outshine, outdo, more...

Phrases:
outperform even optimistic expectations, more...

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     bronze,     platinum,     emerald, more...
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Similar:
outdo, do someone one better, Excel, better, outdeliver, show up, go beyond, outproduce, outachieve, outbest, more...

Opposite:
underperform

Types:
exceed, surpass, outstrip, outshine, outdo, more...

Phrases:
outperform even optimistic expectations, more...

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     bronze,     platinum,     emerald, more...



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