transcend

Verb

Meaning

To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.

To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.

To climb; to mount.

To be transcendent; to excel.

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Examples

She exceeded our expectations Source: Internet

She topped her performance of last year Source: Internet

Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds Source: Internet

According to Foucault, the two existed in a state of tension: as humanism sought to establish norms while Enlightenment thought attempted to transcend all that is material, including the boundaries that are constructed by humanistic thought. Source: Internet

According to The Globe and Mail s John Barber, Martin manages simultaneously to master and transcend the genre so that "Critics applaud the depth of his characterizations and lack of cliché in books that are nonetheless replete with dwarves and dragons". Source: Internet

Amazon’s sheer scale means that the effects of what it does transcend the fortunes of the company and amount to deep social transformations. Source: Internet

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