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Definition of transcend verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

transcend

verb

NAmE//trænˈsɛnd//

transcend something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they transcend

he / she / it transcends

past simple transcended

-ing form transcending

to be or go beyond the usual limits of something synonym exceed

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