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"imperfective"
],
"word": "переступа́ть преде́лы"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pass beyond the limits of something",
"word": "transcendirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pass beyond the limits of something",
"word": "trascender"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to pass beyond the limits of something",
"word": "aşmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prevǎzhoždam",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "превъзхождам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "ultrapassar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "transcendir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chāoyuè",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "超越"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "ylittää"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevosxodítʹ",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "превосходи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevyšátʹ",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "превыша́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "prevazići"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "nadići"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel",
"word": "shinda"
}
],
"word": "transcend"
}
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