To be human we must transcend our animal nature.
Source: tatoeba (696941)
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//tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd//
Synonyms for "transcend" (69 found)
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33 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- надхвърлям verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- превишавам verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- превъзхождам verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
Catalan
4 entries- transcendir verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- transcendir verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
- ultrapassar verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- ultrapassar verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 超越 verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- 超越 verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
Czech
1 entries- překonat verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Dutch
1 entries- overstijgen verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Esperanto
1 entries- transcendi verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Finnish
2 entries- ylittää verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- ylittää verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
French
1 entries- transcender verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
German
2 entries- überschreiten verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- übersteigen verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Latin
1 entries- supero verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آشمق verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Portuguese
1 entries- transcender verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Russian
3 entries- переступа́ть преде́лы verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- превосходи́ть verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
- превыша́ть verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- nadići verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
- prevazići verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
- transcendirati verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Spanish
4 entries- sobrepasar verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
- superar verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
- transcender verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
- trascender verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Swahili
1 entries- shinda verb (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
Thai
1 entries- ก้าวข้าม verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Turkish
1 entries- aşmak verb (to pass beyond the limits of something)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience.
Source: tatoeba (2590519)
No one can transcend their own individuality.
Source: tatoeba (3085326)
When, through constant practice, man becomes able to reach efficient mental concentration, then, wherever one is, one can always transcend one's environment with one's mind and rely on the Eternal.
Source: tatoeba (3389227)
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