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Definition: Transcendence |
TranscendenceNoun1. A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience. 2. The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "transcendence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Synonyms: TranscendenceSynonyms: superiority (n), transcendency (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Perfection | Masterpiece, superexcellence; (goodness); transcendence; (superiority). |
Superiority | Supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; gr/trikumia/, climax; culmination; (summit); transcendence; ne plus ultra; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus; (remainder); (redundancy). |
Transcursion | Noun: transcursion, transiliency, transgression; trespass; encroachment, infringement; extravagation, transcendence; redundancy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Transcendence |
| English words defined with "transcendence": Transcendentness. (references) |
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| "Transcendence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.75% of the time. "Transcendence" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.75% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 80 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "transcendence": transcendence-as-surplus. | |
Ending with "transcendence": self-transcendence. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
transcendence | 41 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "transcendence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përsosuri (fineness, nonpareil, Nonsuch), epërsi (advantage, ascendancy, ascendency, distinction, edge, excellence, excellency, pre eminence, predominance, preponderance, superiority, supremacy, vantage, weight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تفوق (beat, beat all, break, class, distinction, eclipse, exceed, excel, excellence, get the better of, go one better, lick, mastery, outclass, outguess, overpass, overrule, pre eminence, precede, predomination, preponderance, preponderate, prevalence, seniority, superiority, supremacy, surpass, top, tower, transcend), تجاوز (cap, encroach, encroachment, exceed, excuse, jut, leapfrog, obtrude, omission, outbalance, outmatch, outrun, outstrip, overreach, override, overrun, overtake, overtaking, pass, passing, project, rise, span, surpass, transcend, transgress, trespass), سمو رفعة (eminence, highness, sublimity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трансцеденталност, превъзходство (ascendant, cachet, excellence, excellency, odds, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prepotency, primacy, superiority, supremacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dokonalost (excellence, perfection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | geografisk transcendens af regionalt samarbejde (transcendence of purely geographical considerations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geografische verruiming van de regionale samenwerking (transcendence of purely geographical considerations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transcendance. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erhabenheit (augustness, convexness, dignity, elevation, eminence, grandeur, greatness, illustriousness, loftiness, relief, solemnity, sublimity, superiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπεροχή (ascendancy, dominance, eminence, excellence, forte, odds, overbalance, pre eminence, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prevailingness, primacy, superbness, superiority, supremacy, supremeness, transcendency, virtue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טר סצ " טיות, ש'בות (sublimity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | transzcendencia (transcendency), kitűnőség (ace, celebrity, eminence, excellence, prominence, transcendency), felsőbbrendűség (eminence, excellence, superiority, transcendency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | elevatezza (augustness, dignity, highness, loftiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 超絶 (excellence, superiority), 超然 (detachment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちょうぜつ (excellence, superiority), ちょうぜ" (detachment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tarcheimneeaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anscendencetray transcendência geográfica da cooperação regional (transcendence of purely geographical considerations). (various references) превосходство (better hand, dominance, excellency, pre eminence, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, superiority, superlativeness, supremacy, supremeness, transcendency). (various references) transcedentnost, prevazilaženje. (various references) trascendencia (implications, momentousness). (various references) överskridande (excess, overdraft), överlägsenhet (advantage, excellence, pre eminence, preeminence, preponderance, superiority, supremacy). (various references) deneyüstülük, üstünlük (advantage, altitude, ascendancy, ascendency, beat, championship, class, distinction, dominance, edge, eligibility, excellence, head start, hegemony, lordship, mastery, odds, overweight, pre eminence, precedence, predominance, preponderance, primacy, spirit, supereminence, superiority, supremacy, virtue, whip hand). (various references) перевага (advantage, allowance, ascendant, asset, benefit, boon, bulge, capital, convenience, easement, excellence, excellency, odds, overbalance, overweight, precedence, precedency, preference, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, privilege, pull, purchase, start, superiority, supremacy, vantage). (various references) tính siêu việt (supereminence, transcendency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "transcendence": transcendences. (additional references) | |
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"Transcendence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trancendence, transcedence, transcendance, transendence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "transcendence" (pronounced transe"nduns) |
| 7 | -s e" n d u n s | ascendance. |
| 6 | -e" n d u n s | attendance, dependence, independence, interdependence. |
| 5 | -n d u n s | abundance, correspondence, overabundance, overdependence. |
| 4 | -d u n s | accordance, avoidance, cadence, coincidence, confidence, credence, decadence, dissidence, evidence, guidance, impedance, imprudence, incidence, jurisprudence, overconfidence, precedence, Providence, prudence, residence, riddance, subsidence. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, acceptance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, assistance, assurance, audience, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, dalliance, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, province, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-e-n-n-n-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: ascendence, candescent, decrescent, reaccented, renascence. | |
-4 letters: antecedes, ascendent, canescent, credences, decanters, decenters, decentres, desecrate, entranced, entrances, reaccedes, reaccents, reenacted, renascent, sentenced, tendances, tendences, transcend. | |
-5 letters: acceders, accented, accreted, accretes, acescent, antecede, ascender, cadences, canteens, cantered, careened, centares, centered, centners, credence, crenated, crescent, decanter, decenter, decentre, decrease, ensnared, entrance, nascence, neatened, reaccede, reaccent, reascend. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-e-n-n-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: transcendences. | |
+2 letters: transcendencies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 73 63 65 6E 64 65 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -. ... -.-. . -. -.. . -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s c e n d e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0063 0065 006E 0064 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54846780856971807071806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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