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# surpass

«surpass» in Mova's school dictionary: **to be better or greater than someone or something: she…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (surpass, surpasses, surpassed, surpassing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To surpass is to be better or greater than someone or something: she surpassed her own best score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#m1)

2) (formal) To surpass is to go beyond what was expected or hoped: the result surpassed our hopes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Formal and exam voice; in sports and school, to surpass a record or a target. In maths, «the sales surpassed 500» means they became more than 500. Plain words: beat, do better than, be more than, go over.

### examples

- Her score surpassed everyone else's in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#x1)
- The tower surpassed all the other buildings in height. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#x2)
- The school fair surpassed our hopes and raised lots of money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#x3)
- He surpassed his personal best in the 100 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#x4)
- The film surpassed all the others in ticket sales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#x5)
- If the class raises 300 pounds, it will surpass its goal of 250. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#x6)
- No one could surpass him in depth of feeling or in readiness of intellect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/#x7)

### note

Formal; in speech say «beat» or «be more than». It is followed directly by an object: «surpass the record», not «surpass over the record». In maths, «surpass 50» means «more than 50» (greater, not equal).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surpass» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surpass/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.