Definitions for surpassing
sərˈpæs ɪŋ, -ˈpɑ sɪŋsur·pass·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transcendent, surpassingadjective

   exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

2. exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassingadjective

   far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

   "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surpassingparticipial adj.

   Excellent in an high degree.

   Etymology: from surpass.

   O thou! that with surpassing glory crown’d,
   Look’st from thy sole dominion like the god
   Of this new world. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   His miracles proved him to be sent from God, not more by that infinite power that was seen in them, than by that surpassing goodness they demonstrated to the world. Edmund Calamy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Surpassing

   of Surpass

2. Surpassingadjective

   eminently excellent; exceeding others

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surpassing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surpassing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of surpassing in a Sentence

1. Mike Rogers:

   I am thrilled that the Space Corps idea is gaining traction at the White House. Congressman Jim Cooper( D-TN) and I have worked tirelessly on the House Armed Services Committee( House Armed Services Committee) Strategic Forces subcommittee level on the need for Marine Corps outside of Air Force for over two years now, russia and China are surpassing House Armed Services Committee in Space capabilities and House Armed Services Committee need to dedicate a separate force solely with a Space mission. The future of war will be fought in Space, and House Armed Services Committee must stay diligent and ahead of other countries for House Armed Services Committee own national security.

2. Tyler Marinelli:

   ( Tyler Marinelli) FIRST-EVER HOMELESS SHELTER GIRL SCOUT TROOP SELLS 6,000 BOXES OF COOKIES, SURPASSING GOAL I would eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, and however much of it I wanted. I'm talking two Domino's pizzas in one sitting, i told Tyler Marinelli if I could eat something I truly enjoy every single day, that it wouldn't be a diet as much as it was a lifestyle, and that's exactly what I was looking for.

3. Emily Dickinson:

   One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.

4. Valerie Amos:

   For more than four years, we have watched Syria descend into deeper depths of despair surpassing even what the most pessimistic observers thought possible, in the past weeks, we have seen more and more heinous acts. Innocent men, women and children killed, maimed, displaced, and subjected to a savagery that no human should have to endure.

5. HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman:

   Our entire lives are run by miracles and in recent days, we see Nissim V’Niflaos surpassing nature.

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