overachievement
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Overachievement — Overachievement, erwartungswidrig gutes Abschneiden in einem bestimmten Leistungsbereich. Als Overachievers werden beispielsweise solche Schüler bezeichnet, die im Verhältnis zu ihrer mit einem Intelligenztest festgestellten Intelligenz… … Universal-Lexikon
Overachievement — Overachievers are students who attain higher standards than the teacher expects. Overachievers are individuals who perform better or achieve more success than expected. [1]The implicit presumption is that the overachiever is achieving superior… … Wikipedia
overachievement — overachieve UK US /ˌəʊvərəˈtʃiːv/ verb [I] ► to do more than is expected or be more successful than others: »Some of our programs will overachieve; some may fall short. »He is a graduate of a prestigious university, who likes to overachieve. →… … Financial and business terms
overachievement — overachieve ► VERB ▪ do better than expected. DERIVATIVES overachievement noun overachiever noun … English terms dictionary
overachievement — noun see overachiever … New Collegiate Dictionary
overachievement — See overachieve. * * * … Universalium
Overachievement — Over|achieve|ment* [ ouvərə tʃi:v...] das; s <zu engl. to overachieve »einen Leistungsüberschuss haben«, dies zu over »darüber hinaus, über , Über « u. to achieve »erreichen, erlangen«; vgl. ↑...ment> wider Erwarten gutes Abschneiden in… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
overachievement — over·achievement … English syllables
overachievement — noun better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) (Freq. 2) • Ant: ↑underachievement • Derivationally related forms: ↑overachieve • Hypernyms: ↑performance * * * … Useful english dictionary
overachieve — overachievement, n. overachiever, n. /oh veuhr euh cheev /, v.i., overachieved, overachieving. 1. to perform, esp. academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one s mental ability or aptitude. 2. to perform better or achieve more than … Universalium
