Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: surpassing
IPA transcription: [sɚp'æsɪŋ]
Pronunciations of surpassing
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: transcendent, surpassing
    Meaning: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
Usage examples
  • Or was this lovely creature of surpassing elegance, a law unto herself?
  • One need not be a chamber to be haunted, One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.
  • But whether successful or unsuccessful, they displayed a reckless cruelty, far surpassing anything that the Saracens had ever shown.
  • Then they returned to Shahrazad and displayed her in the second dress, a suit of surpassing goodliness, and veiled her face with her hair like a chin-veil.
  • Of all the world's eighty or ninety species of pine trees, the Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana) is king, surpassing all others, not merely in size but in lordly beauty and majesty.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Michael Jordan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording SpongeBob SquarePants, License CC BY-SA 4.0