transcend

/tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/

transcend verb: to pass beyond the limits of something.

Verb

transcend (third-person singular simple present transcends, present participle transcending, simple past and past participle transcended)

(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
- We cannot transcend what we refuse to face.
- such personal popes, emperors, or elective kings, as shall transcend their limitsa. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount...
Synonyms:

exceed
(transitive) To surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
- How much her worth transcended all her kind.c. 1698, John Dryden, Epitaph on the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady
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better
(obsolete) To climb; to mount.
- lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
- your Muse soars up to the upper, and transcending that too, takes her fight among the Celestial bodies1655, James Howell, “To Sir Tho. Haw.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC
Synonyms:

ascend

transcend meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

transcend in Urdu

فائق ہونا, غالب ہونا, جواز کرنا, تجاوز کرنا

transcend in Malayalam

അതിക്രമിക്കുക, അതിശയിക്കുക, അതിജീവിക്കുക

transcend in Kannada

to transcend, exceed, surpass: ಮೀರು mīru

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transcend in Thai: ก้าวข้าม

Examples of transcend in a sentence

The game's legacy transcended all the longests and firsts for UCLA.
Psychology is the study of behavior which transcends (goes beyond) the given, the initially hic et nunc.
It is this embodiment that transhumanism seeks to transcend in its most radical program of cyberimmortality.

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Synonyms of transcend

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Antonyms

fall short of
stop short

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Forms of transcend

third-person singular present	transcends
present participle	transcending
past participle	transcended
past	transcended

Past tense of transcend: transcended

Origin of transcend

From Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcender, from Latin transcendō (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.

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Questions about transcend

What does transcend mean?: Transcend means to pass beyond the limits of something.
What is transcend in Urdu?: Transcend in Urdu is فائق ہونا, غالب ہونا, جواز کرنا. See Transcend meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is transcend?: Transcend is a verb.
How do you pronounce transcend?: Transcend is pronounced /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/.
What is the past tense of transcend?: The past tense of transcend is transcended.

Words near transcend in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: transcend (page history and authors); transcend (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transcend (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transcend (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಮೀರು (Kannada) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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