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Definition of transcendent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

transcendent

adjective
 
/trænˈsendənt/
 
/trænˈsendənt/
(formal)
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  1. going beyond the usual limits; extremely great
    • a writer of transcendent genius
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTranscendent is used with these nouns:
    • truth
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin transcendent- ‘climbing over’, from the verb transcendere, from trans- ‘across’ + scandere ‘climb’.
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