Definition of Surpass
1. Verb. Distinguish oneself. "She excelled in math"
Specialized synonyms: Exceed, Go Past, Overstep, Pass, Top, Transcend, Outrank, Rank, Excel At, Shine At
Derivative terms: Excellence, Excellent
2. Verb. Be or do something to a greater degree. "Sam cannot surpass Sue "; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Specialized synonyms: Beat, Circumvent, Outfox, Outsmart, Outwit, Overreach, Outgrow, Outcry, Outshout, Outroar, Outsail, Outdraw, Outsell, Outsell, Outpace, Better, Break, Outshine, Outrange, Outweigh, Outbrave, Out-herod, Outfox, Shame, Outmarch, Outwear
Derivative terms: Excessive
3. Verb. Move past. "These cars won't surpass "; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Skirt, Run By, Fly By, Fly By, Whisk By, Zip By
Derivative terms: Passer
4. Verb. Be greater in scope or size than some standard. "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
Specialized synonyms: Overgrow
Derivative terms: Transcendence, Transcendent, Transcendent
Definition of Surpass
1. v. t. To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
Definition of Surpass
1. Verb. (transitive) To exceed, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surpass
1. to go beyond [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surpass
| surmounter surmounters surmounting surmounts surmullet surmullets surname surnamed surnameless surnamer | surnamers surnames surnaming surnay surnominal surplice surpliced surplices surplus surplus value | surplusage |
Literary usage of Surpass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"I'E. va To surpass in lying. Bp. Hall. OUTLINE, nj Contour; line by which any
figure is defined ; extremity. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(186) A just analogy would seem to countenance the opinion of an ingenious
historian,(l87) that the free and tributary citizens did not surpass the number ..."
3. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"... not one billiard-table, and not one of the American light carriages, which
surpass anything of the kind in Europe, will bo sent to Vienna. ..."
4. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1844)
"510 And did in wealth his neighbours all surpass, • - , - • And with his subjects
in great honour stood, The redemp- And join'd in wedlock to a Goddess was. ..."
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