to surpass
100
4.6
- verb
- /sərˈpæs/
:
superar
- At the end of 2010, the army was almost 143,000 strong, surpassing that year's goal of 134,000 soldiers.
- equal or surpass
- surpass previous levels
- surpass limits
And then, my friends, you're going to surpass all expectations.
- And then, my friends, you're going to surpass all expectations.
- So I think so First off, I think that we may surpass Tesla in terms of users.
- It's far surpassed the infections that SARS had already.
- You meet the record, you surpass the record, and you decide to keep going.
- And that's because access to fresh fruits and vegetables has actually surpassed access to meat.
- Life gets interesting when we fail because it's a sign that we've surpassed ourselves.
- I knew that hotels in Dubai were nice and pretty, but this suite has surpassed my wildest hotel dreams.
- The signal to noise ratio has surpassed one.
- Like this guy took the stuff that I was talking about and just like surpassed me by a mile.
- You know, in theory, when the world's number one emerging power, he's about to surpass the world's number one power.
- And then he says, and do you not also surpass even all eternal things?
Examples
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His latest novel managed to surpass all of his previous works in popularity and critical acclaim.
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Why, he wondered, did the prosperity of the Dutch surpass that of the English?
Academic text (1990) -
You meet the record, you surpass the record, and you decide to keep going.
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And I started to surpass what I believed, what I believed I was worth.
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China will never surpass the United States.
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What happens when we surpass this level?
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You surpass them like a queen.
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That's when you will surpass everyone around you because you just did the work.
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It's the rare sequel that surpasses the original.
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I knew that hotels in Dubai were nice and pretty, but this suite has surpassed my wildest hotel dreams.
Synonyms
255
4.1
To be greater than a set amount or beyond what people expect
107
3.4
To be better than a set standard
101
6.8
To go beyond a limit or expectation
58
3.0
Show a higher level of skill or quality than before
35
1.8
To improve something
30
4.8
Do better than someone or something
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3.7
To do more than is required to help others or complete a task
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3.8
Be better than someone at something
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4.8
Do better and get more attention than others
8
6.4
Do better than someone in skill or performance
8
4.6
To be much better than someone or something
8
5.8
To win against someone or something that tries to stop you
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6.8
To become faster, better, or larger than another
2
6.7
To gain more than someone else, especially in a competition
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3.5
Be better than a limit or what people expected
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5.3
To do better than people expect and have more success
To be better than others in skill or quality
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
To be better than another person or thing
To move past another person or thing and go ahead of them
To do better than someone or something
To go past a limit or cross a border
Antonyms
How Superior
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6.0
8
4.6
146
2.4
100
4.6
30
4.8
∞
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Surpass comes from two parts: super- which means 'over' (seen in super) and pass which means 'go by' or 'move past'. So to surpass someone is to 'go beyond' them or be better than them.