overachiever
noun[C]
uk/ˌəʊvərəˈtʃiːvər/usapersonwho does more than they areexpectedto do or who is moresuccessfulthanothers:
She was aclassicoverachiever atcollege.
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She is the complete opposite of her brother and is normally seen as the clean-freak, goody-two-shoes,overachiever, and brainiac of the group.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pretty much anoverachiever, she also often acts as the law-abiding/peacemaker during quarrels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The implicit presumption is that theoverachieveris achieving superior results through excessive effort.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is the classicoverachievershe does cheerleading, lacrosse, ballet, is in the student council, and does numerous other extracurricular activities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the interview, she said that she became anoverachieverin an effort to tell herself that she was okay.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although she is somewhat of anoverachiever, it is revealed that her life is in shambles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is anoverachieverand strives for perfection for herself and her family.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a teaching context, anoverachieveris an educational label applied to students, who perform better than their peers when normalized for the instructor's perceptions of background, intelligence or talent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In school, she is an academicoverachieverwho is said to be under pressure and driven to be the best at everything by her stern parents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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