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Surpass

//sɚˈpæs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense. transitive

    "The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination."

  2. 2
    be or do something to a greater degree wordnet
  3. 3
    move past wordnet
  4. 4
    be greater in scope or size than some standard wordnet
  5. 5
    distinguish oneself wordnet

Etymology

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

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