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surpass

/səˈpɑːs/US/sɚˈpæs/

surpass verb: to go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

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Verb

surpass (third-person singular simple present surpasses, present participle surpassing, simple past and past participle surpassed)

  1. (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
    • The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.
    • The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.

surpass meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

surpass in Tamil

செயலில் விஞ்சு, மேம்படு, விஞ்சு

surpass in Urdu

بڑھ جانا, فائق ہونا, غالب آنا, غالب ہونا, جواز کرنا, کان کاٹنا

surpass in Telugu

to surpass, excel
మించు miñcu

surpass in Malayalam

അതിക്രമിക്കുക, കവിയുക, പിമ്പിലാക്കുക, കവച്ചു വയ്ക്കുക
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surpass in Kannada
ಮೀರು, ಮೀರಿಸು, ಮೇಲಾಗಿರು, ಅತಿಶಯಿಸು
surpass in Sanskrit
पिपर्ति píparti, पृ pṛ, विशिष् viśiṣ, धृष्णोति dhṛṣṇóti
surpass in Arabic
فَاقَ fāqa, تَجَاوَزَ tajāwaza

Examples of surpass in a sentence

  • His affluence was surpassed by no man.
  • However, no tall tale or playground rumor has surpassed Herobrine, Minecrafts most infamous urban legend, in popularity.
  • It’s surpassed memehood and become an artistic movement of its own.

All 39 example sentences with surpass

Synonyms of surpass

All synonyms of surpass

Forms of surpass

third-person singular presentsurpasses
present participlesurpassing
past participlesurpassed
pastsurpassed

Past tense of surpass: surpassed

Origin of surpass

From Middle French surpasser (“to pass beyond”). By surface analysis, sur- + pass. Displaced native Old English oferstīgan (literally “to climb over”).

Words formed from surpass

Words that rhyme with surpass

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Questions about surpass

What does surpass mean?
Surpass means to go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
What is surpass in Tamil?
Surpass in Tamil is செயலில் விஞ்சு, மேம்படு, விஞ்சு. See Surpass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is surpass?
Surpass is a verb.
How do you pronounce surpass?
Surpass is pronounced /səˈpɑːs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of surpass?
The past tense of surpass is surpassed.

Words near surpass in the dictionary

  1. suroz
  2. surozes
  3. surp
  4. surpaish
  5. surpaishes
  6. surpass
  7. surpassable
  8. surpassed
  9. surpasser
  10. surpassers
  11. surpasses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: surpass (page history and authors); surpass (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surpass (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); surpass (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surpass (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तरति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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