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1. Exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
   - transcendent
    
2. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
   "a night of surpassing darkness";
   - exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious

1. Be exceptionally good or the best
   - excel, stand out, rule
    
2. Be or do something to a greater degree
   "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know";
   - outstrip, outmatch, outgo [archaic], exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
    
3. Be greater in scope or size than some standard
   "Their loyalty surpasses their national bonds";
   - exceed, transcend

See also: extraordinary, superior

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

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