What does Transcend mean?

Definitions for Transcend
trænˈsɛndtran·scend

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exceed, transcend, surpassverb

    be greater in scope or size than some standard

    "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"

  2. exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, topverb

    be superior or better than some standard

    "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"

Wiktionary

  1. transcendverb

    to pass beyond the limits of something.

  2. transcendverb

    to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel.

  3. Etymology: From transcender, transcendere, from trans + scandere; see scan; compare ascend, descend.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Transcendverb

    Etymology: transcendo, Latin.

    It is a dangerous opinion to such popes, as shall transcend their limits and become tyrannical. Francis Bacon.

    To judge herself, she must herself transcend,
    As greater circles comprehend the less. Davies.

    This glorious piece transcends what he could think;
    So much his blood is nobler than his ink. Edmund Waller.

    These are they
    Deserve their greatness and unenvy’d stand,
    Since what they act transcends what they command. John Denham.

    High though her wit, yet humble was her mind,
    As if she cou’d not, or she wou’d not find,
    How much her worth transcended all her kind. Dryden.

    Make disquisition whether these unusual lights be meteorological impressions not transcending the upper region, or whether to be ranked among celestial bodies. James Howell.

  2. To Transcendverb

    To climb. Not in use.

    To conclude, because things do not easily sink, they do not drown at all, the fallacy is a frequent addition in human expressions, which often give distinct accounts of proximity, and transcend from one unto another. Brown.

ChatGPT

  1. transcend

    Transcend generally means to go beyond or surpass a certain limit, boundary, or level, especially in a mental or spiritual aspect. It can also refer to being superior or surpassing ordinary limitations or physical existence. It is often used in the context of achieving a higher state of being or understanding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transcendverb

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

  2. Transcendverb

    to pass over; to go beyond; to exceed

  3. Transcendverb

    to surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed

  4. Transcendverb

    to climb; to mount

  5. Transcendverb

    to be transcendent; to excel

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Transcend

    tran-send′, v.t. to rise above: to surmount: to surpass: to exceed.—ns. Transcen′dence, Transcen′dency.—adjs. Transcen′dent, transcending: superior or supreme in excellence: surpassing others: as applicable to being, relating to the absolute, transcending all limitation—as applicable to knowledge, pertaining to what transcends experience, being given à priori: beyond human knowledge: abstrusely speculative, fantastic; Transcenden′tal, transcending: supereminent, surpassing others: concerned with what is independent of experience: vague.—v.t. Transcenden′talise.—ns. Transcenden′talism, the investigation of what is à priori in human knowledge, or independent of experience: that which is vague and illusive in philosophy: the American reaction against Puritan prejudices, humdrum orthodoxy, old-fashioned metaphysics, materialistic philistinism, and materialism—best associated with the name of R. W. Emerson (1803-82); Transcenden′talist.—advs. Transcenden′tally; Transcen′dently.—n. Transcen′dentness. [L. trans, beyond, scandĕre, to climb.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Transcend in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Transcend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Transcend in a Sentence

  1. Anthony D'Angelo:

    Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness.

  2. Steve Maraboli:

    We must transcend the illusion that money or power has any bearing on our worthiness as children of God"

  3. Mickey Mehta:

    Life can be as pink, or it can sink.You and only you can color and uplift it, or let it go down.Transform, transcend, metamorphize; MickeyMize.

  4. Henry Kissinger:

    It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

  5. David Armistead:

    Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities for which they were previously unaware.

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