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surpass

verb

sur·​pass

sər-ˈpas 

surpassed; surpassing; surpasses

Synonyms of surpass

transitive verb

1

: to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed

surpassed her rivals surpassed all expectations

2

: to go beyond : overstep

3

: to transcend the reach, capacity, or powers of

a beauty that surpasses description

surpassable

sər-ˈpa-sə-bəl 

adjective

Synonyms

beat

better

eclipse

exceed

excel

outclass

outdistance

outdo

outgun

outmatch

outshine

outstrip

overtop

top

tower (over)

transcend

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exceed, surpass, transcend, excel, outdo, outstrip mean to go or be beyond a stated or implied limit, measure, or degree. exceed implies going beyond a limit set by authority or established by custom or by prior achievement.

exceed the speed limit

surpass suggests superiority in quality, merit, or skill.

the book surpassed our expectations

transcend implies a rising or extending notably above or beyond ordinary limits.

transcended the values of their culture

excel implies preeminence in achievement or quality and may suggest superiority to all others.

excels in mathematics

outdo applies to a bettering or exceeding what has been done before.

outdid herself this time

outstrip suggests surpassing in a race or competition.

outstripped other firms in sales

Examples of surpass in a Sentence

Attendance is expected to surpass last year's record.

Last quarter, sales surpassed two million.

His work regularly surpasses all expectations.

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Who is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos? Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994 and is currently its chairman, recently surpassed Elon Musk to reclaim the title of World's Richest Man for the first time since 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.

—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024

But still, the beast has surpassed 270 mph, and that’s impressive as hell.

—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024

Iowa's Caitlin Clark became the NCAA's all-time scoring leader on Sunday, surpassing Pete Maravich's career record set in 1970.

—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024

Michigan’s rate of child maltreatment consistently surpasses the national rate.

—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024

Turnout in San Diego County has consistently surpassed the statewide turnout in primaries for more than a decade.

—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024

Bookings for 2022 surpassed those of pre-COVID years, and the summer of 2023 was up another 25 percent, according to Sea Song.

—Heidi Mitchell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024

Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros., the studio behind the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel, conservatively projected a $65 million start, though most box office prognosticators believed that revenues would surpass $80 million.

—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Mar. 2024

Furthermore, the showman runner, Lyles with expertise in the 100m and 200m after surpassing his competitors on the 60-meter track expressed that these athletes don't possess a chance in the outdoor events.

—Paras Jan, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Middle French surpasser, from sur- + passer to pass

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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surpass

verb

sur·​pass

sər-ˈpas 

1

: to be greater, better, or stronger than

2

: to go beyond the reach, powers, or capacity of

surpassable

-ə-bəl 

adjective

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SURPASS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

SURPASS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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Meaning of surpass in English

surpassverb [ T ]

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C2 to do or be better than: His time for the 100 metres surpassed the previous world record by one hundredth of a second. The book's success has surpassed everyone's expectations. The director has really surpassed himself (= done better than he has done before) with this new film. Synonyms

exceed

outperform

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Surpassing in quality or number

catch

catch (someone) up

compare

crown

crush

do something for an encore idiom

eclipse

encore

outcompete

outdo

outflank

outgo

outman

push the envelope idiom

put/leave someone in the shade idiom

shade

shame

steal a march on someone idiom

steal someone's thunder idiom

tower

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(Definition of surpass from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

surpass | American Dictionary

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to do or be better or more than something else: Our team’s achievements surpass those of teams in earlier years.

(Definition of surpass from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

surpass | Business English

surpassverb [ T ] uk

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to do or be better or greater than something: The quarterly sales figures have surpassed everyone's expectations. The latest figures surpassed the previous peak of 15,418 foreclosures in the third quarter of 2008.

(Definition of surpass from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of surpass

surpass

What if past thought were not always surpassed thought?

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His work in this field is unlikely to be surpassed for a very long time to come.

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Team effort supported by massive corporate resources surpasses lone artists in technological advances in the creative arts.

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For example, in poorer countries the number of wireless phone connections are surpassing the number of fixed lines.

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This phenomenon far surpasses general notions of "poor" parenting.

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Early estimates of maximum life expectancy, which yielded values in the 70s, have already been surpassed in low mortality populations.

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Consequently, although jack mackerel catches continued to rise, surpassing 3 million tonnes in 1991, pilchard harvests collapsed back to mid-1970s levels.

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Then, a competitive linking strategy is used, but not until all words or phrases are linked, but until a certain threshold is surpassed.

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Even when audio samples make explicit references to other compositions/contexts/histories, the results rarely surpass nostalgic affect.

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Notwithstanding the objections raised here, it is unlikely to be surpassed in breadth and depth in years to come.

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Such a move would surpass the current vogue of 'research-fordevelopment', which still assumes the research is at centre stage.

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As can be seen, this new method found the best trade-off solution using both representations, surpassing even the mathematical programming techniques employed.

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But they also wish to show that men of this kind surpassed the limits of acceptable male behaviour.

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Unexpectedly, the exact version even surpasses the performance of the double precision one.

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Nineteenth-century sources tell us of clerks surpassing in number the officials, some departments employing up to several tens of them at the same time.

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What is the pronunciation of surpass?

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超過，優於，勝過…

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超越，优于，胜过…

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üstün olmak, geçmek, baskın çıkmak…

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dépasser, surpasser…

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