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Definition: Surpassing |
SurpassingAdjective1. Exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence. 2. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "surpassing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: SurpassingSynonyms: exceeding (adj), exceptional (adj), olympian (adj), prodigious (adj), transcendent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Superiority | Eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, gr/kat exochin/gr, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more. |
Transcursion | Adjective: surpassing; Verb: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Surpassing |
| English words defined with "surpassing": brilliant ♦ divine ♦ elysian, epic, especial, Exceedable, exceptional, Exuperant ♦ finest ♦ heroic, high-grade ♦ inspired ♦ larger-than-life ♦ particular, Precellent, preternatural ♦ record-breaking ♦ special, superb, Supereminent, superiority, surpassingly ♦ top-grade, top-quality, Trancscendental, transcendence, transcendency, transcendent, Transcension. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "surpassing": Beef ♦ Himiltrude ♦ Mundilfori ♦ Seian Horse. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "surpassing": surpass. (references) |
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Lyrics | His creation had talent far surpassing the average individual. (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus) | |
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St. Thomas Aquinas | Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has accomplished wonders far surpassing Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Gothic cathedrals; it has conducted expeditions that put in the shade all former Exoduses of nations and crusades. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Other third-country companies had minor participation in this market, with none surpassing a 0.9 percent share. (references) | |
That number rose to 249,821 visitors in 1999, an increase of 8 percent from the previous year and surpassing estimates of expected market performance. (references) | ||
The number of subscribers to mobile phone services has grown very rapidly, particularly since the arrival of PCS services in Korea on October 1, 1997, reaching 24.2 million subscribers and surpassing that of fixed-line telephone subscribers by 2.9 million as of the end of January 2000. In recent years, however, the number of paging and CT2 service subscribers has decreased. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | In 2000, Legend's PC sales grew by 96% to 2.1 million, surpassing strong American brands such as, IBM and Compaq. (references) |
Switzerland | In 2000 U.S. bilateral trade with Switzerland increased again (up 10% over 1999), surpassing $20 billion for the first time. (references) | |
Spain | In 2000, industry reports indicated that Spain finished the year as the fifth largest automobile manufacturer in the world, surpassing Korea. (references) | |
Political Economy | CHILE | Most government and private sector experts expect GDP growth in the range of three to four percent in both 2001 and 2002. Chile's economy continues to attract foreign investment; FDI during the first six months of the year totaled over three billion dollars, surpassing the figure for all of 2000. (references) |
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Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | We shall answer it best by meeting the demand of a surpassing home market, by promoting self-reliance in production, and by bidding enterprise, genius, and efficiency to carry our cargoes in American bottoms to the marts of the world. |
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| "Surpassing" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Surpassing" is used about 42 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 83.33% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 16.67% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "surpassing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pakrahasueshëm (incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبرز (excelling, outstanding, pre eminent), لا مثيل له (matchless, nonesuch, second, unmatched, unprecedented, without parallel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ненадминат (all-time, consummate, egregious, matchless, unapproachable, unbeatable, unbeaten, unbroken, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed), превъзхождащ (exceeding, prepotent, superlative), изключителен (especial, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, extraordinary, inimitable, one in a thousand, phenomenal, rare, rousing, signal, super, superior, unaverage, uncommon, unexampled, unique, unusual, vintage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 超过 (surpass, Surpassed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sans pareil (superlative), incomparable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hervorragend (beautiful, beautifully, brilliant, bully, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, excellent, excellently, jutting, magnificent, magnificently, outstanding, outstandingly, pre eminent, preeminent, pre-eminently, projecting, protruding, salient, saliently, splendid, splendidly, superb, superbly, superior, superlative, surpassingly, transcendent, vintage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπέροχοσ (delicious, gorgeous, preeminent, superb, terrific, wonderful), ασύγκριτοσ (incomparable, nonesuch, peerless, unmatched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מצוין (capital, distinguished, eminent, excellent, fine, outstanding, ripping, shining, spanking, splendid, sterling, superb, swell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kimagasló (commanding, eminent, outstanding, paramount, pre eminent, pre-eminent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | senza pari (matchless, peerless, unequaled, unequalled), insuperabile (insuperable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 陵駕 (excelling, outdoing, superior), 凌駕 (excelling, outdoing, superior). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りょうが (excelling, outdoing, superior). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 능가 (Overtaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ny share na (preferable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urpassingsay transcendente (transcendent, transcendental), insuperável (insuperable, insurmountable, unconquerable), inigualável (peerless, unequalled, unparalleled), incomparável (absolute, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, unapproachable, unequalled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled), extremo (extreme, furthest, high, intense, outdoor, outermost, outmost, out-of-door, outside, plaguy, supreme, ultra, utmost, utter, uttermost), extraordinário (amazing, exquisite, extra, extraordinary, formidable, king-size, miraculous, particular, phenomenal, prodigious, rare, remarkable, sensational, shining, singular, special, sublime, transcendent, tremendous, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), eminente (eminent, great, high, lofty, notable, prominent, tall). (various references) превосходный (admirable, bang-up, beautiful, capital, clinking, divine, excellent, fine, grand, groovy, hunky-dory, jim-dandy, nailing, once-stellar, palmary, posh, prime, smashing, spanking, superb, superlative, tiptop, top-hole, topnotch, top-notch, transcendent, unexceptionable, unexceptional). (various references) prevazilazan, nadmašiv (surmountable). (various references) sin par (matchless, nonpareil, peerless, unmatched), incomparable (incomparable, matchless, unmatchable, unparalleled). (various references) makalös (incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, unequalled, unexampled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references) baskın çıkan, üstün olan. (various references) що перевершу", винятковий (egregious, especial, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, only, particular, preternatural, single, singular). (various references) vượt hơn, trội hơn, khá hơn (better, bettor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | praecellens. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 26, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | HmeraV meshV kata thn odon eidon basileu ouranoqen uper thn lamprothta tou hliou perilamyan me fwV kai touV sun emoi poreuomenouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Die media in via vidi rex de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen et eos qui mecum simul erant |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | At myddai, in the weie Y say, sir king, that fro heuene liyt schynede aboute me, passing the schynyng of the sunne, and aboute hem that weren togidir with me. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Even at myddaye (o kynge) I sawe in ye waye a lyght from heven above the brightnes of the sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iorneyed with me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, surpassing the brightness of the sun, shining around me, and them who journeyed with me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 26, Verse 13 |
| Albanian | në mesditë, o mbret, në rrugë unë pashë një dritë nga qielli që shkëlqente më shumë se dielli, e cila vetëtiu rreth meje dhe rreth atyre që udhëtonin me mua. |
| Cebuano | sa kaudtohon, O hari, nakita ko diha sa dalan ang usa ka kahayag gikan sa langit, nga masilaw pa kay sa Adlaw, nga nagsidlak libut kanako ug kanila nga nanagkuyog kanako. |
| Chinese | 王 阿 、 我 在 路 上 、 晌 午 的 時 候 、 看 見 從 天 發 光 、 " 日 還 亮 、 四 面 照 著 我 、 並 與 我 同 行 的 人 。 |
| Croatian | kadli u pol bijela dana na putu vidjeh, kralju, kako s neba svjetlost od sunca sjajnija obasja mene i moje suputnike. |
| Danish | så jeg undervejs midt på Dagen, o Konge! et Lys fra Himmelen, som overgik Solens Glans, omstråle mig og dem, som rejste med mig. |
| Dutch | Zag ik, o koning, in het midden van den dag, op den weg een licht, boven den glans der zon, van den hemel mij en degenen, die met mij reisden, omschijnende. |
| Finnish | näin minä, oi kuningas, tiellä keskellä päivää taivaasta valon, auringon paistetta kirkkaamman, leimahtavan minun ja matkatoverieni ympärillä, |
| French | Vers le milieu du jour, ô roi, je vis en chemin resplendir autour de moi et de mes compagnons une lumière venant du ciel, et dont l`éclat surpassait celui du soleil. |
| German | sah ich mitten am Tage, o König, auf dem Wege ein Licht vom Himmel, heller denn der Sonne Glanz, das mich und die mit mir reisten, umleuchtete. |
| Haitian Creole | Antan m' te sou wout la, vè midi konsa, monwa, mwen wè yon limyè ki soti nan syèl la pi klere pase solèy la. Li te klere tout kote m' te ye a ansanm ak moun ki t'ap vwayaje avè m' yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan pada waktu saya di tengah jalan, waktu tengah hari, Baginda Yang Mulia, saya melihat suatu sinar dari langit yang lebih terang daripada matahari. Sinar itu memancar sekeliling saya dan sekeliling orang-orang yang berjalan bersama-sama saya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka pada tengah hari, ya Tuanku, patik nampak di jalan itu suatu cahaya dari langit yang terlebih terang cahayanya daripada matahari, bersinar-sinar sekeliling patik dan segala orang yang berjalan bersama-sama patik itu. |
| Maori | I te poutumarotanga, e te kingi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he marama i te rangi e tiaho ana ki ahau, ki oku hoa haere ano, tera atu i te marama o te ra. |
| Norwegian | og midt på dagen så jeg på veien, konge, et lys fra himmelen, klarere enn solen, stråle omkring mig og dem som reiste med mig, |
| Rumanian | Pela amiazq, kmpqrate, pe drum, am vqzut strqlucind kmprejurul meu wi kmprejurul tovarqwilor mei o luminq din cer, a cqrei strqlucire kntrecea pe a soarelui. |
| Russian | УТЕ"Й "ОС ОБ "ПТПЗЕ С ХЧЙ"ЕМ, ЗПУХ"БТШ, У ОЕ'Б УЧЕФ, ТЕЧПУИП"СЭЙК УПМОЕЮОПЕ УЙСОЙЕ, ПУЙСЧЫЙК НЕОС Й ЫЕ"ЫЙИ УП НОПА. |
| Shuar | Tura, uunta, nantu tutupin ai, Jintiá wéai newaat ajaki ti Tsáapin, Tsawái nantujai nankaamas etsantrutramiayi. Tura wijiai wearmia nunasha Núnisaran etsantrurarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Mheshimiwa, wakati nilipokuwa njiani, saa sita mchana, niliona mwanga mkubwa kuliko wa jua ukiangaza kutoka mbinguni, ukanizunguka mimi na wale wasafiri wenzangu. |
| Swedish | fick jag under min färd, o konung, mitt på dagen se ett sken från himmelen, klarare än solens glans, kringstråla mig och mina följeslagare. |
| Uma | "O Magau' to kubila', hante patuju toe-mi, pai' hilou-a hi ngata Damsyik, rapowiti' pai' rawai' kuasa ngkai imam pangkeni. Hi pomako' -ku hilou hi Damsyik toe, hi lengko ohea-a-pidi, kira-kira tebua' -mi eo, muu-mule' kuhilo baja to mehini ngkai langi' mpohinii-a hante doo-doo-ku. Baja toe meliu kabaja-na ngkai hini eo. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "surpassing": surpassingly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "surpassing" (pronounced serpa"sing) |
| 5 | -p a" s i ng | passing. |
| 4 | -a" s i ng | amassing, classing, gassing, harassing, massing. |
| 3 | -s i ng | accessing, acquiescing, addressing, advancing, affixing, annexing, announcing, assessing, balancing, basing, blessing, bouncing, boxing, bracing, busing, bussing, buttressing, bypassing, canvassing, caressing, casing, ceasing, chasing, coalescing, coaxing, coercing, collapsing, commencing, compressing, condensing, conferencing, confessing, conversing, convincing, coursing, crisscrossing, crossing, cursing, cussing, dancing, debasing, decreasing, defacing, denouncing, depressing, diagnosing, digressing, disbursing, discussing, dismissing, dispensing, dispersing, displacing, distancing, distressing, divorcing, dosing, dousing, dowsing, dressing, eclipsing, effacing, embarrassing, embracing, encompassing, endorsing, enforcing, engrossing, enhancing, enticing, erasing, expensing, experiencing, expressing, facing, faxing, fencing, financing, fixing, flexing, focusing, forcing, freelancing, fundraising, fussing, glancing, greasing, grimacing, grossing, grousing, guessing, hairdressing, harnessing, hissing, horsing, icing, impressing, increasing, indexing, inducing, influencing, intermixing, introducing, invoicing, kissing, Lancing, lapsing, leasing, lensing, licensing, loosing, menacing, mensing, messing, mincing, missing, mixing, noticing, nursing, obsessing, oppressing, outdistancing, outpacing, outsourcing, overproducing, pacing, parsing, perplexing, piecing, piercing, placing, policing, possessing, pouncing, practicing, prancing, prejudicing, pressing, pricing, processing, producing, professing, progressing, promising, pronouncing, pulsing, racing, reassessing, rebalancing, recessing, redressing, reducing, referencing, refinancing, refocusing, rehearsing, reimbursing, reinforcing, reintroducing, rejoicing, relapsing, relaxing, releasing, reminiscing, renouncing, replacing, repressing, repricing, reprocessing, reproducing, repulsing, repurchasing, resurfacing, retracing, reversing, rinsing, romancing, sacrificing, seducing, sensing, sentencing, sequencing, servicing, showcasing, silencing, slicing, sluicing, sourcing, spacing, spicing, splicing, sprucing, stressing, subleasing, suppressing, surfacing, taxing, teleconferencing, tossing, tracing, traipsing, traversing, trespassing, trouncing, unceasing, unconvincing, underpricing, unpromising, vexing, videoconferencing, voicing, waltzing, waxing, wincing, wissing, witnessing, xeroxing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-n-p-r-s-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: assuring, passings, pingrass. | |
-3 letters: assigns, parings, parsing, passing, pausing, pursing, rasping, sassing, sparing, sprains, sprangs, springs, surpass, sussing. | |
-4 letters: assign, grains, grasps, paring, passus, pignus, prangs, purins, raping, rasing, sarins, sasins, sirups, sprags, sprain, sprang, sprigs, spring, sprugs, sprung, spuing, spurns, sugars, unrigs, unrips. | |
-5 letters: airns, aping, apsis, argus, arsis, aspis, auris, gains, garni. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-n-p-r-s-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: surpassingly. | |
+3 letters: prussianising. | |
+4 letters: superorganisms. | |
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