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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surpassed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Surpassing.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to
     pass. See Sur-, and Pass.]
     To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This would surpass
           Common revenge and interrupt his joy.    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
     Eminently excellent; exceeding others. ``With surpassing
     glory crowned.'' --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
     Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surpassed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Surpassing.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to
     pass. See Sur-, and Pass.]
     To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
  
           This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his
           joy.                                     --Milton.
  
     Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
     Eminently excellent; exceeding others. ``With surpassing
     glory crowned.'' --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
     Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  surpassing
       adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
              excellence [syn: transcendent]
       2: 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" [syn: exceeding, exceptional,
           olympian, prodigious]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surpassing
     a.
     Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional;
  exceeding.
     n.
     The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.
     vb.
     (present participle of en surpass nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  surpassing
     a.
     Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional;
  exceeding.
     n.
     The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.
     vb.
     (present participle of en surpass nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  surpassing
     a.
     Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional;
  exceeding.
     n.
     The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.
     vb.
     (present participle of en surpass nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  surpassing
     a.
     Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional;
  exceeding.
     n.
     The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.
     vb.
     (present participle of en surpass nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surpassing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s urpass ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surpassing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en surpass ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb surpass)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/
  الإفاقة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/ 
  превъзхождащ
  superior to others

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/ 
  neobyčejný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/ 
  vynikající

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/
  überdurchschnittlich 
     Synonym: above-average
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/
  übersteigend, hinausgehend
     Synonyms: exceeding, outstripping, outpacing
  
   see: exceed, surpass, outstrip, outpace sth., exceeded, surpassed, outstripped, outpaced
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/
  übertreffend
   see: surpass sb./sth., surpassed, surpasses
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/
  vortrefflich, unerreicht 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/
  
  ανυπέρβλητoς, που ξερερνάει

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/ 
  1. श्रेष्ठ
        "There is a scenery of surpassing beauty."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  surpassing /səpˈasɪŋ/
  izvanredan, jedinstven, koji nadmašuje, koji premašuje, nenadmašiv, neusporediv

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/sɝˈpæsɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "surpassing":
     a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, arrant, ascendant, best,
     better, capping, champion, choice, chosen, classical, complete,
     consummate, crass, decided, definitive, distinguished, downright,
     eclipsing, egregious, elect, elite, eminent, enormous, exceeding,
     excellent, excelling, excessive, extraordinary, finer, flagrant,
     for the best, glaring, great, greater, greatest, gross, handpicked,
     higher, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incomparable, intolerable,
     major, marked, matchless, of choice, one up on, optimal, optimum,
     out-and-out, outright, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless,
     perfect, picked, positive, precious, preeminent, prime, prize,
     profound, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rank, rare, regular,
     rivaling, select, shattering, shocking, stark, stark-staring,
     super, superior, superlative, supreme, the veriest, thorough,
     thoroughgoing, topping, total, towering, transcendent,
     transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unbearable, unconscionable,
     undeniable, unequivocal, unmatchable, unmatched, unmitigated,
     unparalleled, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassable,
     unsurpassed, upper, utter, very best
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 胜过的,卓越的,优秀的;
  ad. 优于,卓越地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 胜过的,卓越的,优秀的,非凡的
     ad. 非凡地,卓越地

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