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Meaning of "overachievement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERACHIEVEMENT

overachievement  [ˌəʊvərəˈtʃiːvmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERACHIEVEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overachievement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERACHIEVEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

overachievement

Overachievement

Overachievers are individuals who "perform better or achieve more success than expected." The implicit presumption is that the "overachiever" is achieving superior results through excessive effort. In a teaching context, an "overachiever" is an educational label applied to students, who perform better than their peers when normalized for the instructor's perceptions of background, intelligence or talent. In the workplace context, individuals who are deemed to be overachievers are those with the drive to complete tasks above and beyond expectations and who set very high career goals for themselves.

Definition of overachievement in the English dictionary

The definition of overachievement in the dictionary is an excessive or unusually high level of achievement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERACHIEVEMENT


achievement
əˈtʃiːvmənt
aggrievement
əˈɡriːvmənt
bereavement
bɪˈriːvmənt
countermovement
ˌkaʊntərˈmuːvmənt
devolvement
dɪˈvɒlvmənt
ecomovement
ˈiːkəʊˌmuːvmənt
enlevement
ɪnˈliːvmənt
enslavement
ɪnˈsleɪvmənt
evolvement
ɪˈvɒlvmənt
improvement
ɪmˈpruːvmənt
involvement
ɪnˈvɒlvmənt
lavement
ˈleɪvmənt
misimprovement
ˌmɪsɪmˈpruːvmənt
movement
ˈmuːvmənt
non-achievement
ˌnɒnəˈtʃiːvmənt
nonachievement
ˌnɒnəˈtʃiːvmənt
pavement
ˈpeɪvmənt
retrievement
rɪˈtriːvmənt
revivement
rɪˈvaɪvmənt
underachievement
ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERACHIEVEMENT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERACHIEVEMENT

abonnement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
infringement
management
measurement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of overachievement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overachievement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERACHIEVEMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

overachievement
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobrecumplimiento
570 millions of speakers

English

overachievement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overachievement
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overachievement
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overachievement
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ultrapassagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overachievement
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépassement des objectifs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keterlaluan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Übererfüllung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overachievement
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overachievement
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overachievement
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overachievement
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overachievement
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिरिक्त वाचन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geçildiği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

superati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Lepszy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overachievement
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

depășire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεπεραστούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overachievement
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överuppfylls
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overachievement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overachievement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERACHIEVEMENT»

The term «overachievement» is normally little used and occupies the 141.443 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERACHIEVEMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overachievement» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overachievement» 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 overachievement

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERACHIEVEMENT»

Discover the use of overachievement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overachievement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overachievement: The New Model For Exceptional Performance
An expert in the field of performance enhancement refutes traditional wisdom and combines scientific principles with inspirational stories to present his own unconventional approach to success.
John Eliot, 2004
2
Overachievement from Smartercomics: The Real Story Behind ...
In this graphic adaptation of OVERACHIEVEMENT, Dr. Eliot offers the rest of us the counterintuitive and unconventional concepts that have been embraced by the Olympic athletes, business moguls, top surgeons, salesmen, financial experts, and ...
John Eliot, Cullen Bunn, 2011
3
The Trouble With Perfect: How Parents Can Avoid the ...
Alarmed by the high numbers of unmotivated, burned-out youngsters seeking her psychiatric treatment, Dr. Elisabeth Guthrie set out to uncover not just the sources of their distress but also the factors that drive parents to pressure their ...
Elisabeth Guthrie, M.D., Kathy Matthews, 2002
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Handbook of the Uncertain Self
(2009) provide convergent evidence, by examining the amounts of studying and academic performance of high and low subjective overachievers as measured by the Subjective Overachievement Scale (Oleson et al., 2000). Oleson et al. used ...
Robert M. Arkin, Kathryn C. Oleson, Patrick J. Carroll, 2013
5
Asian Americans: Achievement Beyond IQ
The. Two. Factors. of. Overachievement. The path by which Chinese and Japanese overachieve compared to White Americans begins with achievement tests at school, passes through the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and university  ...
James Robert Flynn, 1991
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Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for ...
A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen. 69B OVERACHIEVEMENT AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ...
Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2004
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Proceedings of the ... Ph. D. Retreat of the HPI Research ...
This means the extracted solution is neither optimal with regard to its length ( using Direct Payment or Pay with Gift Voucher would have been shorter) nor with regard to overachievement (using Payment with Gift Voucher would have prevented ...
‎2009
8
Encyclopedia of Adolescence
ROGER J. R. LEVESQUE Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA The study of overachievement centers on academic achievement, performance, and potential. That area of research seeks to understand why persons achieve their potential ...
Roger J. R. Levesque, 2012
9
Handbook on Counseling Youth
The. Problem. of. Underachievement. and. Overachievement. What made Jo and Patrick so different? The major difference between them was not intelligence; both had considerable mental abilities. What brought about such different results  ...
Josh McDowell, 1996
10
Encyclopedia of Special Education, 3 Volume Set
This is the area of special education where overachievement is prevalent. Another example of a group of children who exhibit extraordinary abilities are idiot savants. These children are markedly re- tarded except for some highly developed ...
Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERACHIEVEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overachievement is used in the context of the following news items.
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MTN-Qhubeka, the Tour de France's Bad News Bears, prove a …
... out: the ridiculous overachievement of the MTN-Qhubeka squad. The first properly African team to ride the Tour de France is competing in the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Synonymous with BEE, Ajay Mathur parts ways
These industries were given targets for reducing energy consumption. Overachievement by a unit is converted into tradable Energy Savings ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
3
You will not believe how far over budget The Wilson's electricity and …
"The footfall in The Wilson was 143,375 in 2014/15 against an expected figure of 115,000 – a 25 per cent overachievement of target. «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
4
Tour de France 2015: Top Banana - stage 15
Which leads us to the wider point of this particular Top Banana: that the men in red have enjoyed a season of overachievement. This is a ... «Rouleur, Jul 15»
5
NHS, FHS talent will help new coaches
Melvin Pete, who was in a similar boat at Natchez last season, reeled off five wins in 2014, which I felt was an overachievement under such ... «Natchez Democrat, Jul 15»
6
Tate: Redbirds have room to improve
But in the case of St. Louis, continued overachievement may be unrealistic without a boost in the trade market (Ryan Howard, come on down ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jul 15»
7
Baseball | Handful of teams defy early Vegas predictions
That is a big overachievement, certainly, but not enough to make the top three. 3. Pittsburgh Pirates (53-35); projected wins, 97.6; over/under, ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
8
Is Your Doctor Going to Work Sick?
Medicine is a profession that puts a premium on overachievement. Anything that gives the appearance of working less hard or striving less ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
9
Vols continue to welcome higher expectations, chances to 'prove it'
Another 7-6 season won't qualify as an overachievement in 2015, however, and Jones and the Vols know it. It's been an offseason of mounting ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
10
Q&A: Has the UK blown its green power budget?
... are behind current overspending, then the extra money may not actually have bought the UK overachievement in carbon reduction terms. «Carbon Brief, Jul 15»

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