exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top
(verb) be superior or better than some standard; “She exceeded our expectations”; “She topped her performance of last year”
exceed, transcend, surpass
(verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard; “Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
transcend (third-person singular simple present transcends, present participle transcending, simple past and past participle transcended)
(transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
(transitive) to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
(obsolete) To climb; to mount.
• (to pass beyond the limits of something): exceed, overgo, surpass; see also transcend
• (to surpass something): better, dwarf, eclipse; see also exceed
• (to climb): ascend
Source: Wiktionary
Tran*scend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcended; p. pr. & vb. n. Transcending.] Etym: [L. transcendere, transcensum; trans beyond, over + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. Howell.
2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. Such popes as shall transcend their limits. Bacon.
8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How much her worth transcended all her kind. Dryden.
Tran*scend", v. i.
1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
