Used in a Sentence

surpassed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for surpassed.

Editorial note

This level of surveillance has, in my opinion, surpassed what most of society is ready for.

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Quick take

(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

Meaning at a glance

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verb

(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for surpassed.

verb

(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

Example sentences

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This level of surveillance has, in my opinion, surpassed what most of society is ready for.

2

VCE has already surpassed a $2B annualized demand run-rate and over seven consecutive quarters of greater than 50% year-over-year demand growth.

3

His work has been built upon and surpassed by extensive research in the field today.

4

Unless you have some political point to make, its always supplemented (read: almost totally surpassed) by ammonia and other carefully calculated amendments.

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Do older laptops cease to be laptops when they are surpassed by phones?

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The median Silicon Valley techie ego surpassed 1000 millizaphods several years ago.

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A project with 10 part time contributors could be matched with a project with 2-3 full time competent hackers for example, or even surpassed.

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That said, modern tools have far surpassed it.

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Yes Facebook will be surpassed one day, but we don't know when.

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So TeX has been surpassed in that sense.

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In 1947 UPU became a specialized agency within the UN, and it's currently the second oldest organization within the United Nations, surpassed only by the International Telecommunication Union - ITU.

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I find it strange we have surpassed the incarceration rates of these nations and even stranger that mass incarceration is seen as something to be proud of.

Quote examples

1

It not only surpassed my wildest imagination of just how bad anyone could be..." For the 1 out of 16, you're also right.

2

So when docker came, LXC had more users than docker, and yet docker surpassed LXC in popularity in weeks, so the "X has more users than Y" state can be changed by various factors and it's not enough to keep the system in equilibrium.

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I don't know what it means to say that they "simply cannot match China on equal terms;" it's only recently that Japan's economy's size was surpassed by that of China and even then it has a number of advantages that China does not (much higher per-capita income, a more stable regulatory environment, lower levels of corruption, etc., you get the idea).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use surpassed in a sentence?

This level of surveillance has, in my opinion, surpassed what most of society is ready for.

What does surpassed mean?

(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

What part of speech is surpassed?

surpassed is commonly used as verb.