Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To surpass (another) in performance.
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- verb To
perform better than something or someone.
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- verb be or do something to a greater degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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The fourth-largest eastern U.S. coal producer was rated new market outperform' with a 12-month target share price of $25.00 at Howard Weil today, and was upped to outperform' from market perform' with a 12-month target price of $21.00 at FBR Capital Markets yesterday, on optimism regarding economic recovery.
Bullish Options Players Burst Into Cisco, Sandisk, Patriot Coal Andrew Wilkinson 2010
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The fourth-largest eastern U.S. coal producer was rated new market outperform' with a 12-month target share price of $25.00 at Howard Weil today, and was upped to outperform' from market perform' with a 12-month target price of $21.00 at FBR Capital Markets yesterday, on optimism regarding economic recovery.
Bullish Options Players Burst Into Cisco, Sandisk, Patriot Coal Andrew Wilkinson 2010
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The fourth-largest eastern U.S. coal producer was rated new market outperform' with a 12-month target share price of $25.00 at Howard Weil today, and was upped to outperform' from market perform' with a 12-month target price of $21.00 at FBR Capital Markets yesterday, on optimism regarding economic recovery.
Bullish Options Players Burst Into Cisco, Sandisk, Patriot Coal Andrew Wilkinson 2010
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PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of stylish action title outperform Wii iteration in Japan on week one
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"A longer-term outperform rating" means what exactly?
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The analyst lifted the price target on the "outperform"-rated stock to $44 from $35.
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Shares of "outperform"-rated Novellus, a semiconductor-equipment maker, were up more than 6% Thursday after management said it forecasts higher-than-expected second-quarter results.
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One of these firms was "outperform"-rated Infosys, which scored "exceptionally well" as a service provider and beat many of its larger rivals, after scoring poorly in Cowen's last two surveys.
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Piper Jaffray research analyst Aaron Kessler raised the price target on "outperform"-rated ValueClick to $27 from $21 and raised earnings estimates in anticipation of continued strength and increasing revenue synergies for the company's Fastclick and WebClients divisions.
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The analyst raised the price target on "outperform"-rated Bioenvision to $14 from $12, since today's news represents a "major risk reduction" for the drug.
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