beat

Definition

Examples

Our team hopes to beat last year's sales record this quarter.

Word Family

Synonyms

• defeatan unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
• conquerto put down by force or authority
• surpassdistinguish oneself

Collocations

• Easy beat the drum
  to beat the drum, meaning to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• Medium beat quarterly earnings expectations
  to beat quarterly earnings expectations, meaning to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• Hard beat competitors to patent filing
  to beat competitors to patent filing, meaning to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• Very Hard beat about the bush evasively
  to beat about the bush evasively, meaning to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict