Surpassing can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
||
| surpassing - exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence | ||
| surpassing - far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" | ||
Verb |
||
| surpass - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" | ||
| surpass - move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" | ||
| surpass - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" | ||
| surpass - be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" |
| # | Sentence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | verb | According to Linda Bilmes of Harvard and Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University, the final cost of the Iraq occupation will run between $1 trillion and $2 trillion, surpassing by orders of magnitude the estimates put forth by the Bush administration. | |
| 2. | verb | Surpassing labour intensive, capital intensive, the age has shifted greatly to knowledge intensive. | |
| 3. | verb | I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of a woman. | |
| 4. | verb | Japan is surpassing China in economic power. | |
| 5. | verb | "Fourteen nymphs are in my service, surpassing in comeliness, of whom Deiopea, the most beautiful, I will unite in steadfast marriage to you and declare her your own; that in exchange for such benefits she may dwell with you all her years, and make you the father of beautiful offspring." | |
| 6. | verb | A Nielsen survey showed health became the top concern of Vietnamese citizens in the second quarter, surpassing job security, cost of living, and work-life balance. | |
| 7. | verb | A Florida man who currently occupies the White House told over 8,100 falsehoods and deliberately misleading claims in 2019, surpassing his total of nearly 7,700 lies during the previous two years combined. | |
| 8. | verb | The jet suit has an altitude limit of 3,658 meters, easily surpassing the height of the Lake District’s—and Britain’s—highest peak of 978 meters. | |
| 9. | verb | This may be a case of the student surpassing the teacher. | |
| 10. | verb | If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him. | |
| 11. | verb | Nobody can surpass him. | |
| 12. | verb | Christopher Columbus's secret love letters to Queen Isabella - undiscovered for centuries - have been rumored to rival, if not surpass, the Kama Sutra. | |
| 13. | verb | The reason the Northern and Southern Dynasties had failed in their rule was that they allowed literary splendor to surpass real substance. | |
| 14. | verb | India is poised to surpass China and become the world's most populous country. | |
| 15. | verb | Your talents far surpass my own. |
| Sentence | |
|---|---|
| verb | |
| According to Linda Bilmes of Harvard and Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University, the final cost of the Iraq occupation will run between $1 trillion and $2 trillion, surpassing by orders of magnitude the estimates put forth by the Bush administration. |
|
| Surpassing labour intensive, capital intensive, the age has shifted greatly to knowledge intensive. | |
| I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of a woman. | |
| Japan is surpassing China in economic power. | |
| "Fourteen nymphs are in my service, surpassing in comeliness, of whom Deiopea, the most beautiful, I will unite in steadfast marriage to you and declare her your own; that in exchange for such benefits she may dwell with you all her years, and make you the father of beautiful offspring." | |
| A Nielsen survey showed health became the top concern of Vietnamese citizens in the second quarter, surpassing job security, cost of living, and work-life balance. | |
| A Florida man who currently occupies the White House told over 8,100 falsehoods and deliberately misleading claims in 2019, surpassing his total of nearly 7,700 lies during the previous two years combined. | |
| The jet suit has an altitude limit of 3,658 meters, easily surpassing the height of the Lake District’s—and Britain’s—highest peak of 978 meters. | |
| This may be a case of the student surpassing the teacher. | |
| If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him. | |
| Nobody can surpass him. | |
| Christopher Columbus's secret love letters to Queen Isabella - undiscovered for centuries - have been rumored to rival, if not surpass, the Kama Sutra. | |
| The reason the Northern and Southern Dynasties had failed in their rule was that they allowed literary splendor to surpass real substance. | |
| India is poised to surpass China and become the world's most populous country. | |
| Your talents far surpass my own. | |