surpass (verb)
1surpass — ► VERB 1) be greater or better than. 2) (surpassing) archaic or literary incomparable or outstanding. DERIVATIVES surpassable adjective …
2surpass — verb ADVERB ▪ far ▪ easily ▪ eventually, soon ▪ The death toll may eventually surpass two thousand. PREPOSITION …
3surpass — verb (T) 1 to be even better or greater than someone or something else: Gower became England s highest run scorer, surpassing Geoff Boycott s old record. | surpass expectations/hopes/dreams (=be better than you had expected, hoped etc) 2 surpass… …
4surpass — I verb antecellere, be greater, be superior, beat, better, break the record, cap, come first, distance, eclipse, exceed, excel, excellere, get ahead, go beyond, go one better, have the upper hand, improve upon, leave behind, outmaneuver, outclass …
5surpass — UK US /səˈpɑːs/ verb [T] ► 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 …
6surpass — verb To exceed, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner. The former problem student surpassed his instructors expectations and scored top marks on his examination …
7surpass — verb be greater or better than. ↘[as adjective surpassing] archaic or literary incomparable or outstanding. Derivatives surpassable adjective surpassingly adverb Origin C16: from Fr. surpasser, from sur above + passer to pass …
8surpass — verb Hanley has surpassed Rich in the polls Syn: excel, exceed, transcend; outdo, outshine, outstrip, outclass, overshadow, eclipse; improve on, top, trump, cap, beat, better, outperform; informal leapfrog …
9surpass — verb Syn: excel, exceed, transcend, outdo, outshine, outstrip, outclass, eclipse, improve on, top, trump, cap, beat, better, outperform …
10surpass — UK [sə(r)ˈpɑːs] / US [sərˈpæs] verb [transitive] Word forms surpass : present tense I/you/we/they surpass he/she/it surpasses present participle surpassing past tense surpassed past participle surpassed 1) to be better or greater than something… …