"surpass" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səˈpɑːs/ [UK], /sɚˈpæs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surpass.wav Forms: surpasses [present, singular, third-person], surpassing [participle, present], surpassed [participle, past], surpassed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs Etymology: From Middle French surpasser (“to pass beyond”). By surface analysis, sur- + pass. Displaced native Old English oferstīgan (literally “to climb over”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|surpasser||to pass beyond}} Middle French surpasser (“to pass beyond”), {{surf|en|sur-|pass}} By surface analysis, sur- + pass, {{ncog|ang|oferstīgan|lit=to climb over}} Old English oferstīgan (literally “to climb over”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} surpass (third-person singular simple present surpasses, present participle surpassing, simple past and past participle surpassed)
  1. (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense. Tags: transitive Synonyms: forpass, transcend, excel, outdo, outstrip, exceed Synonyms (in a metaphoric or technical manner): exceed Synonyms (to go beyond): exceed Translations (to exceed): ὑπερέχω (huperékhō) (Ancient Greek), ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō) (Ancient Greek), καίνυμαι (kaínumai) (Ancient Greek), فَاقَ (fāqa) (Arabic), تَجَاوَزَ (tajāwaza) (Arabic), اتجاوز (egaawez) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), علي على (ʕeli ʕala) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), astrec (Aromanian), antrec (Aromanian), ötmək (Azerbaijani), надвишавам (nadvišavam) (Bulgarian), надминавам (nadminavam) (Bulgarian), надхвърлям (nadhvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), 超過 (Chinese Cantonese), 超过 (ciu¹ gwo³) (Chinese Cantonese), 超過 (Chinese Mandarin), 超过 (chāoguò) (Chinese Mandarin), 超越 (chāoyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 勝過 (Chinese Mandarin), 胜过 (shèngguò) (Chinese Mandarin), překonat [perfective] (Czech), overgå (Danish), overstige (Danish), overtræffe (Danish), overstijgen (Dutch), overtreffen (Dutch), superi (Esperanto), ylittää (Finnish), surpasser (French), dépasser (French), excéder (French), übersteigen (German), übertreffen (German), überschreiten (German), überbieten (German), überwinden (German), superirar (Ido), sorpassare (Italian), 超える (koeru) (alt: こえる) (Japanese), 勝る (masaru) (alt: まさる) (Japanese), superō (Latin), praecellō (Latin), hipa (Maori), hau (Maori), pahika (Maori), overgå (Norwegian Bokmål), overstige (Norwegian Bokmål), overtreffe (Norwegian Bokmål), overgå (Norwegian Nynorsk), oferstīgan (Old English), przewyższać [imperfective] (Polish), przewyższyć [perfective] (Polish), ultrapassar (Portuguese), superar (Portuguese), suplantar (Portuguese), sobrepassar (Portuguese), depăși (Romanian), întrece (Romanian), превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), превзойти́ (prevzojtí) [perfective] (Russian), sobrepasar (Spanish), superar (Spanish), pasar (Spanish), aventajar (Spanish), överskrida (Swedish), överträffa (Swedish), ṣärk- (Tocharian B), переве́ршувати (perevéršuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), переве́ршити (perevéršyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), переви́щувати (perevýščuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), переви́щити (perevýščyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense."
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          "word": "transcend"
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        {
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          "word": "علي على"
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          "code": "rup",
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          "word": "astrec"
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          "code": "rup",
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          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "antrec"
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "ötmək"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nadvišavam",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "надвишавам"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nadminavam",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "надминавам"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nadhvǎrljam",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "надхвърлям"
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        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "超過"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "ciu¹ gwo³",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "超过"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "超過"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāoguò",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "超过"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāoyuè",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "超越"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "勝過"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèngguò",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "胜过"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "překonat"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "overgå"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "overstige"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "overtræffe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "overstijgen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "overtreffen"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "superi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "ylittää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "surpasser"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "dépasser"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "excéder"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "übersteigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "übertreffen"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "überschreiten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "überbieten"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "überwinden"
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          "roman": "huperékhō",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "ὑπερέχω"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "huperbállō",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "ὑπερβάλλω"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kaínumai",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "καίνυμαι"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "superirar"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "sorpassare"
        },
        {
          "alt": "こえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koeru",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "超える"
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        {
          "alt": "まさる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "masaru",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "勝る"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "superō"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "praecellō"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "hipa"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "hau"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "pahika"
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          "sense": "to exceed",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "overtreffe"
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          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "overgå"
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          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "oferstīgan"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "przewyższać"
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          "sense": "to exceed",
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          "word": "przewyższyć"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "ultrapassar"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "superar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "suplantar"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "sobrepassar"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "depăși"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "întrece"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prevosxodítʹ",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "превосходи́ть"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prevzojtí",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "превзойти́"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "sobrepasar"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "superar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "pasar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to exceed",
          "word": "aventajar"
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      "sense": "to exceed",
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      "sense": "to exceed",
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      "sense": "to exceed",
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      "code": "arz",
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      "roman": "ʕeli ʕala",
      "sense": "to exceed",
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      "word": "علي على"
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      "code": "rup",
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      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "astrec"
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      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "antrec"
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      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "ötmək"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadvišavam",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "надвишавам"
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      "roman": "nadminavam",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "надминавам"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadhvǎrljam",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "надхвърлям"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "超過"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ciu¹ gwo³",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "超过"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "超過"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāoguò",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "超过"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāoyuè",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "超越"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "勝過"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngguò",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "胜过"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "překonat"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overstige"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overtræffe"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overstijgen"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overtreffen"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "superi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "ylittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "surpasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "dépasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "excéder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "übersteigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "übertreffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "überschreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "überbieten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "überwinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperékhō",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "ὑπερέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperbállō",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "ὑπερβάλλω"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kaínumai",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "καίνυμαι"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "superirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "sorpassare"
    },
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      "alt": "こえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koeru",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "超える"
    },
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      "alt": "まさる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "masaru",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "勝る"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "superō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "praecellō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "hipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "hau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "pahika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overstige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overtreffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "overgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "oferstīgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewyższać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewyższyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "ultrapassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "superar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "suplantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "sobrepassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "depăși"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "întrece"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxodítʹ",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "превосходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevzojtí",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "превзойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "sobrepasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "superar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "pasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "aventajar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "överskrida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "överträffa"
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      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "word": "ṣärk-"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perevéršuvaty",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переве́ршувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perevéršyty",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переве́ршити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perevýščuvaty",
      "sense": "to exceed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переви́щувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perevýščyty",
      "sense": "to exceed",
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      "word": "переви́щити"
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  "word": "surpass"
}

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