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surpass English

Meaning surpass meaning

What does surpass mean?

surpass

— verb (= exceed, outdo, outperform) be or do something to a greater degree her performance surpasses that of any other student I know She outdoes all other athletes This exceeds all my expectations This car outperforms all others in its class — verb (= excel) distinguish oneself She excelled in math — verb (= pass by, pass) move past A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window He passed his professor in the hall One line of soldiers surpassed the other — verb (= exceed) be greater in scope or size than some standard Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds

Synonyms surpass synonyms

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surpass English » English

excel exceed outdo pass overtake transcend outstrip go beyond surmount win overcome eclipse defeat better beat outrival outmatch outclass go past transgress top superior overtop overstep overfulfil outrun outperform outgo leave behind dominate cross be better than vanquish travel by tide over stand out pass by overshadow overrun over-top outweigh outshine outscore out-top more than more important leapfrog larger jump over greater than

Topics surpass topics

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Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Purpose, goal
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Quality

  • What words indicate that something has more of a quality than another thing?
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States Quality Good

Better

Conjugation surpass conjugation

How do you conjugate surpass?

surpass · verb

Examples surpass examples

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Simple sentences

If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him.
Your talents far surpass my own.
India is poised to surpass China and become the world's most populous country.

Movie subtitles

Estonians are concerned about the enemy numbers, which surpass them tenfold.
I'm going to surpass myself.
Now I see that a British officer can surpass him.
The latest statistics point out that our imports surpass our exports of several billions.
We'll try to surpass that, won't we, Hughes?
This average consumer is an incalculable reservoir which may permit production to maintain the levels achieved and surpass them triumphantly, provided he is constantly controlled and studied, surveyed, incited and driven.
Queen Cleopatra's second procession into Rome.. will surpass her first.
They say you even surpass your teacher.
Surpass them, if we can.
No, I must surpass this anguish.
Would the maturing and strengthening of the telepathic capacity in these speechless subjects surpass that of the subjects who still retained the ability to speak?
We couldn't surpass our night in calais.
Actually, nothing can surpass the business going on between you and me.
Nick Nack, I expect you to surpass yourself.
In the realm of raw strength, you can surpass even me.
I'm going to do the impossible. I'm going to surpass myself. Don't.
After all, I couldn't surpass this.
If children don't surpass their parents, then the children are fools and the parents are no better.
This is the beginning of a new science. Human knowledge will surpass the heavens.
Queen Cleopatra's second procession into Rome will surpass her first.
The Mu people far surpass the people who live on earth. With terrestrial heat we made a sun.
That will be my great monument which will surpass all the others!
Actually nothing can surpass the business going on between you and me.
He may surpass you in the future. Great Master, you mean I.
I'm going to surpass myself. Don't.
Hidden harmonies surpass the visible harmonies.
What can a believer think of thinks that surpass reason?
I hope you'll surpass yourself in order to honour our guest, Dr. Justice.
He forbade you to use it because he wanted you to surpass him, to fly your own banner.
So we start to fool around and it's the first time, and it's early in the going and I begin to perceive this impending intestinal requirement whose needs are going to surpass, by great lengths anything in the sexual realm.
I won't be able to surpass him.
He still ain't the least bit serious, but his speed and techniques already surpass my own.
Surpass Super Saiyan 4!
How fast must X accelerate from a ramp with an angle of 10 grades to surpass 25 metres of gravitational power?
No one must surpass you, my girl.

News and current affairs

But, first, they must anticipate the associated financing requirements, which will soon surpass the current capacities of governments and international donors, and take action now to activate new, reliable sources of financing.
India's population of 1.2 billion is four times that of the US, and likely to surpass China's by 2025.
And we are forecast to surpass 450 ppm by 2038.
Both are surely aware that China's surging exports last year helped it surpass the US as Europe's largest foreign supplier.
But the consequences of a military adventure in Iran would far surpass those of the war in Iraq.
India will pull ahead of France by 2020 and surpass Germany by 2023.
As a result, France is likely soon to surpass Sweden as the world's highest public spender.
By 2017, India could surpass Italy and Brazil to become the world's seventh largest economy; by 2020, there is a reasonable chance that it will overtake France and the United Kingdom to become the fifth largest.
India's population is now a little over one billion; it will almost certainly surpass 1.5 billion by mid-century, overtaking China's population along the way before it stops growing.
Indeed, the investment bank Goldman Sachs expects the Chinese economy's total size to surpass that of the United States by 2027.
By 2050, the global population will surpass nine billion.
This year, China will surpass the US in emissions of greenhouse gases.
Economic growth will bring China closer to the US in power resources, but that doesn't necessarily mean that China will surpass the US as the most powerful country.
China's GDP will almost certainly surpass that of the US within a decade, owing to the size of its population and its impressive economic-growth rate.
Indeed, the entente's political utility is likely to surpass its military value.
CAMBRIDGE - In the 1950's, many Americans feared that the Soviet Union would surpass the United States as the world's leading power.
BEIJING - If everything goes right for China, it will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy, in current dollar terms (and more quickly in real terms), by 2021.
Moreover, the size of China's economy will surpass that of the US in about 15 years.
This will certainly bring the Chinese closer to the US in terms of power resources, but China will not necessarily surpass the US as the most powerful country.
Indeed, by 2020, Chinese emissions could be more than triple those of Europe and even surpass those of the US and Europe combined.
It is projected to surpass 19 million by 2025.
The next wave of NATO expansion promises to lap onto Russia's border and indeed surpass the old Soviet borders by taking in the Baltic states.
But if the proposals discussed in Beijing last month are realized, the resulting FTA could surpass NAFTA in its degree of integration and importance to the world economy.
My own estimate is that among the range of possible futures, the more likely scenarios are those in which China gives the US a run for its money, but does not surpass it in overall power in the first half of this century.

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