OVERACHIEVER Definition & Meaning

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[oh-ver-uh-chee-ver]

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a person who performs better or achieves more than people are generally expected to, often because of high ambition, pressure from family, etc..
Ever the overachiever, he reached his sales goal for the year a whopping five months early.
a person who performs, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of their mental ability or aptitude.
We found many overachievers with modest SAT scores who nevertheless achieved high GPAs across a variety of majors.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of overachiever¹

First recorded in 1935–40; over- ( def. ) + achieve ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

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Flack considered herself an overachiever, a stubborn perfectionist and was given to self-reflection.

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Harris recalls being an overachiever as a child and aspiring to become an obstetrician.

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He could be a special adviser, coaxing the best out of overachievers like himself.

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Mr. Cherry is best known for his role as the snarky overachiever Dylan in the dystopian Apple TV+ workplace thriller series “Severance.”

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An overachiever with a resume to dwarf her husband’s, she can’t understand why she’s not president — or rather, she has grown tired of accepting the sexist reason.

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