26984 words

surpassed

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to do or be better than:

Examples:

His time for the 100 metres surpassed the previous world record by one hundredth of a second.
The book's success has surpassed everyone's expectations.
The director has really surpassed himself (= done better than he has done before) with this new film.

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