transcend

[Tran*scend·]

It would be nice to transcend the narrow limits of this brief definition, and go to greater lengths to describe this word's glories! Transcend means to move upward and beyond something.

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To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

Verb
go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"

Verb
go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"


v. t.
To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

v. t.
To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.

v. t.
To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.

v. i.
To climb; to mount.

v. i.
To be transcendent; to excel.


Transcend

Tran*scend" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcended; p. pr. & vb. n. Transcending.] [L. transcendere, transcensum; trans beyond, over + scandere to climb. See Scan.] 1. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. Howell. 2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
Such popes as shall transcend their limits.
8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
How much her worth transcended all her kind.

Transcend

Tran*scend" , v. i. 1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.] 2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]

To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

To climb; to mount.

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Usage Examples

Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.

Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.

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Other Usage Examples

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.

Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

Technology has made it much easier to make and manipulate music. Studio-driven, machine-driven music does not always transcend into being a good live act. Many current acts are great live, but many cannot cut it live. The music is not organic.

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