transcend
verb/trænˈsend/
/trænˈsend/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transcend | /trænˈsend/ /trænˈsend/ |
| he / she / it transcends | /trænˈsendz/ /trænˈsendz/ |
| past simple transcended | /trænˈsendɪd/ /trænˈsendɪd/ |
| past participle transcended | /trænˈsendɪd/ /trænˈsendɪd/ |
| -ing form transcending | /trænˈsendɪŋ/ /trænˈsendɪŋ/ |
- transcend something to be or go beyond the usual limits of something synonym exceed
- His works by far transcend anything that has gone before.
- What we felt for each other transcended all other emotions.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTranscend is used with these nouns as the object:- barrier
- confines
- division
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French transcendre or Latin transcendere, from trans- ‘across’ + scandere ‘climb’.Want to learn more?
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