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third-person singular simple present surpasses, present participle surpassing, simple past and past participle surpassed
(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense. quotations examples
“Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […] ”
1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Tremarn Case
He celebrated at full-time with a beaming smile as he collected the match ball and he notched up another milestone by becoming the sixth Welshman to surpass 50 Premier League goals.
2021 May 2, Emma Sanders, “Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Sheffield United”, in BBC Sport