distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
Used in a Sentence
surpass
How to use surpass in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for surpass.
Editorial note
"This seems to be implying that cancer death rates are growing and will soon "surpass" those of heart disease.
Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of surpass gathered in one view.
be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for surpass.
verb
distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
See also: excel
verb
be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
See also: outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
verb
move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
See also: pass
verb
be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
Example sentences
"This seems to be implying that cancer death rates are growing and will soon "surpass" those of heart disease.
If a person is motivated, he'll surpass that constraint.
If the law isn't repaired, my fear is that other countries will far surpass the USA in our lifetime.
These were the first games to really surpass the Amiga in graphical ability.
Social network referrals likely surpass search engine referrals for a lot of blogs and web sites.
Senior engineers are pulled off other projects and brought together on one team, first to catch-up to the new challenger and then to surpass it.
Well, motivation is one thing but when you have non-programmers teaching programming courses, it becomes hard to surpass that constraint.
The real selling point for OSM, in my opinion, is that by crowdsourcing its data it has the potential to far surpass the quality of any other dataset.
He calculates that 5 to 10 years after age 19, the savings incurred by the Cherokee income supplements surpass the initial costs — the payments to parents while the children were minors.
Furthermore they either have, or will surpass, ICE vehicles in all categories over the coming decades on a total cost of ownership calculation.
Of course, Julia has a lot of catching up to do, but it's hard to not see that the author's own logic implies that it eventually will catch up and surpass two-language systems for scientific computing.
The article's first sentence annoys me right off the bat:"Despite great strides in prevention and treatment, cancer rates remain stubbornly high and may soon surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States.
Because we insisted on bootstrapping, we necessarily had very small teams, meaning that competitors, who were willing to go into debt to have larger teams, were able to come from behind and surpass us in both marketing and features.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use surpass in a sentence?
"This seems to be implying that cancer death rates are growing and will soon "surpass" those of heart disease.
What does surpass mean?
distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
What part of speech is surpass?
surpass is commonly used as verb.