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- Dictionarysurpassing/səˈpɑːsɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. incomparable or outstanding: dated, literary "a picture of surpassing beauty"
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The meaning of SURPASSING is greatly exceeding others : of a very high degree. How to use surpassing in a sentence.
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.
adjective [ before noun ] literary uk / səˈpɑː.sɪŋ / us / sɚˈpæs.ɪŋ / Add to word list. extremely great: a face of surpassing beauty. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Linguistics: very & extreme. abjectly. absolutely. abundantly clear. beyond. biblical. downright. extraordinarily. extremely. infinitely. particularly. profoundly.
SURPASS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of surpass in English. surpass. verb [ T ] formal uk / səˈpɑːs / us / sɚˈpæs / Add to word list. 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.
Surpassing definition: of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary. See examples of SURPASSING used in a sentence.
verb (used with object) to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed. to go beyond in excellence or achievement; be superior to; excel: He surpassed his brother in sports. Synonyms: outstrip, beat. to be beyond the range or capacity of; transcend: misery that surpasses description. surpass.
Add to word list. 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.
1. verb. If one person or thing surpasses another, the first is better than, or has more of a particular quality than, the second. He was determined to surpass the achievements of his older brothers. [VERB noun] Warwick Arts Centre is the second largest Arts Centre in Britain, surpassed in size only by London's Barbican. [VERB-ed]
verb. /səˈpɑːs/ /sərˈpæs/ (formal) Verb Forms. to do or be better than somebody/something. surpass something/somebody He hopes one day to surpass the world record. Its success has surpassed all expectations. surpass yourself Her cooking was always good, but this time she had surpassed herself (= done better than her own high standards).
To surpass means to outdo someone or something, to go beyond what was expected. If you do better than you think you will, you will surpass your own expectations. Some words seem to exist just to give an extra oomph to your speech, and surpass is one of these.
