surpass
/sɚˈpæs/ verb C1- 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.
He/she/it surpasses · Past surpassed · Past participle surpassed · -ing form surpassing
Verb forms
- Base form
- surpass
- He/she/it
- surpasses
- Past
- surpassed
- Past participle
- surpassed
- -ing form
- surpassing
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This time the illusion, or rather the reality, surpassed anything Valentine had before experienced; she began to believe herself really alive and awake, and the belief that her reason was this time not deceived made her shudder.
“Sire, the kindness your majesty deigns to evince towards me is a recompense which so far surpasses my utmost ambition that I have nothing more to ask for.”
As to Monte Cristo the result had surpassed his utmost expectations.
They had met and passed each other on the street a dozen times without any sign of recognition and every time Anne had held her head a little higher and wished a little more earnestly that she had made friends with Gilbert when he asked her, and vowed a little more determinedly to surpass him in the examination.
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