surpassverb [ T ]
uk/səˈpɑːs/us/sɚˈpæs/formalC2 to do or be better than:
His time for the 100 metres surpassed the previous world record by one hundredth of a second.
The book's success has surpassed everyone's expectations.
The director has really surpassed himself (= done better than he has done before) with this new film.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch up
- compare
- crown
- eclipse
- exceed
- go one better idiom
- leave sb standing idiom
- north
- outperform
- outran
- outrun
- outsell
- outshine
- outstrip
- tower above/over sth
- transcend
- upstage
- writ large idiom
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