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Meaning of "overachieve" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERACHIEVE

overachieve  [ˌəʊvərəˈtʃiːv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERACHIEVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overachieve is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overachieve in English.

WHAT DOES OVERACHIEVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overachieve in the English dictionary

The definition of overachieve in the dictionary is to perform better than would be expected on the basis of one's age or talents.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERACHIEVE

PRESENT

Present
I overachieve
you overachieve
he/she/it overachieves
we overachieve
you overachieve
they overachieve
Present continuous
I am overachieving
you are overachieving
he/she/it is overachieving
we are overachieving
you are overachieving
they are overachieving
Present perfect
I have overachieved
you have overachieved
he/she/it has overachieved
we have overachieved
you have overachieved
they have overachieved
Present perfect continuous
I have been overachieving
you have been overachieving
he/she/it has been overachieving
we have been overachieving
you have been overachieving
they have been overachieving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overachieved
you overachieved
he/she/it overachieved
we overachieved
you overachieved
they overachieved
Past continuous
I was overachieving
you were overachieving
he/she/it was overachieving
we were overachieving
you were overachieving
they were overachieving
Past perfect
I had overachieved
you had overachieved
he/she/it had overachieved
we had overachieved
you had overachieved
they had overachieved
Past perfect continuous
I had been overachieving
you had been overachieving
he/she/it had been overachieving
we had been overachieving
you had been overachieving
they had been overachieving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overachieve
you will overachieve
he/she/it will overachieve
we will overachieve
you will overachieve
they will overachieve
Future continuous
I will be overachieving
you will be overachieving
he/she/it will be overachieving
we will be overachieving
you will be overachieving
they will be overachieving
Future perfect
I will have overachieved
you will have overachieved
he/she/it will have overachieved
we will have overachieved
you will have overachieved
they will have overachieved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overachieving
you will have been overachieving
he/she/it will have been overachieving
we will have been overachieving
you will have been overachieving
they will have been overachieving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overachieve
you would overachieve
he/she/it would overachieve
we would overachieve
you would overachieve
they would overachieve
Conditional continuous
I would be overachieving
you would be overachieving
he/she/it would be overachieving
we would be overachieving
you would be overachieving
they would be overachieving
Conditional perfect
I would have overachieve
you would have overachieve
he/she/it would have overachieve
we would have overachieve
you would have overachieve
they would have overachieve
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overachieving
you would have been overachieving
he/she/it would have been overachieving
we would have been overachieving
you would have been overachieving
they would have been overachieving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overachieve
we let´s overachieve
you overachieve
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overachieve
Past participle
overachieved
Present Participle
overachieving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERACHIEVE


achieve
əˈtʃiːv
believe
bɪˈliːv
breve
briːv
eve
iːv
half-sleeve
ˈhɑːfˌsliːv
leave
liːv
leve
liːv
naive
naɪˈiːv
nieve
niːv
outachieve
ˌaʊtəˈtʃiːv
receive
rɪˈsiːv
relieve
rɪˈliːv
retrieve
rɪˈtriːv
sheave
ʃiːv
sheeve
ʃiːv
sleeve
sliːv
underachieve
ˌundərəˈtʃiːv
vive
viːv
weave
wiːv
we´ve
wiːv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERACHIEVE

overabound
overabound in
overabundance
overabundant
overaccentuate
overachievement
overachiever
overact
overaction
overactive
overactivity
overadjustment
overage
overaggressive
overall
overall majority
overalled
overalls
overambitious
overamplified

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERACHIEVE

aggrieve
disbelieve
engrieve
grieve
make believe
make-believe
memory like a sieve
misbelieve
molecular sieve
out-thieve
reprieve
rieve
scrieve
shrieve
sieve
slieve
thieve
unbelieve

Synonyms and antonyms of overachieve in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overachieve» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERACHIEVE

Find out the translation of overachieve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overachieve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overachieve» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超额
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overachieve
570 millions of speakers

English

overachieve
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overachieve
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overachieve
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overachieve
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overachieve
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overachieve
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overachieve
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overachieve
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

übererfüllen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overachieve
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초과 달성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overachieve
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khẳ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overachieve
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरचिवई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overachieve
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overachieve
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przekroczyłaby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overachieve
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overachieve
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερεπιτύχει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overachieve
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överuppfyller
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overachieve
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overachieve

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERACHIEVE»

The term «overachieve» is normally little used and occupies the 131.182 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERACHIEVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overachieve» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overachieve» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overachieve

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERACHIEVE»

Discover the use of overachieve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overachieve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Overachieve w/o Over Committing
Our book on How to Overachieve without Over Committing can help by showing you how to deal with the tons of responsibilities you have, without killing yourself in the process. I'll show you how to strike the balance between being a hard ...
Brian Hilliard
2
Everyone's Choices: Wisdom, Respect, Success and Happiness
Part of the reason lies in establishing who is successful; rather, who over- achieves and to what extent they overachieve. Assume that we attempt to discover why people overachieve especially in mental maturity. Our success will depend on ...
Ralph Robinson, 2005
3
ProActive Sales Management: How to Lead, Motivate, and Stay ...
Many companies pay for performance, and then hold out a small carrot for their salespeople to overachieve their numbers. This is not smart. The saying is ''Play for pay.'' If salespeople overachieve their plan, pay them for it. The more they ...
William "Skip" Miller, 2009
4
Mastering the World of Selling: The Ultimate Training ...
Chapter. 45. How. to. Overachieve. Dave. Kurlan. Baseline Selling One of the questions I get asked most often is “Whatdoes ittaketo succeed?” In response to that question, I wrote the Top Seven Factors that impact your ability to overachieve ...
Eric Taylor, David Riklan, 2010
5
Make Change!: Because Your Life Is Up to You
This means to overachieve. Go further. Exceed your own expectations. Stretch. Go beyond. This doesn't mean stress yourself out. This doesn't mean sacrifice living. This doesn't mean become one—dimensional. This means set goals for ...
Kevin Lowell, 2003
6
The WorldatWork Handbook of Compensation, Benefits & Total ...
While upside affects all individuals who overachieve target expectations, the upside/leverage ratio reflects the opportunity available for your sales organization's top performers (typically the top 5 percent to 10 percent of your sales force on a ...
WorldatWork, 2007
7
Herb Brooks: The Inside Story of a Hockey Mastermind
"Herbie allowed me to overachieve a little," said Verchota, "but I don't know that I was good enough for pro hockey. I just don't know if I had the physical staying power for the long pro season." Verchota was right — and wrong. Brooks did allow ...
John Gilbert, 2010
8
Concise English Dictionary
overachieve. owl. to strain beyond the elastic limit.—/;, overstrain too great strain. — <ulj. overstrained' strained to excess* exaggerated.— v.t. overstretch' to stretch to excess: lo exaggerate.— tuljs. overstrung' too highly strung: (of a piano) ...
G. (Ed ). Davidson, 2007
9
Power Verbs for Job Seekers: Hundreds of Verbs and Phrases ...
OVERACHIEVE. {also use in Work Ethic} (1) do or perform better than expected Résumé bullet points: • Overachieved on most tasks. PIONEER. {also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Creativity, Drive, Manageable, Motivated, ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
10
Chutzpah
Jews would overachieve in small but visible numbers; and they would underachieve in large and also visible numbers.* This historically imposed dichotomy led to the classic motifs of European anti-Jewish bigotry. The Jews were looked down ...
Alan M. Dershowitz, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERACHIEVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overachieve is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pedro Martinez realizes importance of bilingual HOF speech
We did not overachieve anything. We did what we were supposed to do as ballplayers and representatives of baseball and different countries. «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
2
Pedro Martinez on ESPN's Colin Cowherd: 'I'm sorry, he's not going …
We did not overachieve anything. We did what we were supposed to do as ballplayers and representatives of baseball and different countries. «WEEI.com, Jul 15»
3
Washington Nationals trade target: Brad Ziegler/Other Diamondbacks
This could mean that they're going to overachieve for their entire careers... It could also mean that their value is never going to be higher than it ... «Federal Baseball, Jul 15»
4
Catch A Flight gets up in the final stride to win the San Diego.Posted …
Catch A Flight continues to overachieve since arriving in the United States. Post-race, trainer Richard Mandella declared, “He came here and ... «Horse Racing Nation, Jul 15»
5
Countdown to kickoff "NFC East"
... Marinelli will find a way for his defense to overachieve like it did a year ago. I have the boys ranked #1 in the East and it pains me to say that. «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
6
Eagleville must overcome youth, inexperience in 2015
Returning to postseason play figures to be quite a task for Eagleville, but Carson's teams always seem to overachieve. More important, they've ... «Murfreesboro Post, Jul 15»
7
Xerox's (XRX) CEO Ursula Burns on Q2 2015 Results - Earnings …
We are committed to delivering our guidance and we are doing everything that we can to overachieve. In Services, we are accelerating cost ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
8
Despite Assortment of Assets the Boston Celtics are Stuck in …
Once again the Celtics will play hard and may overachieve, distancing themselves from a good first round pick, but soon the assets they've ... «H4TV ENTERTAINMENT, Jul 15»
9
Propel Teachers, Staff Hit The Streets To Prepare For Back To School
It's just one way the staff tries to overachieve as they work to turn all their students into scholars. “The little bit extra that it is or that it takes allows ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
10
Fantastical plot, musical demons in Youth Musical Theater …
This pressure to overachieve, familiar to so many, is parodied throughout the performance. Characters can be seen handing one another ... «Daily Californian, Jul 15»

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