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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence;
[syn: transcendent, surpassing]

2. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree;
- Example: "a night of exceeding darkness"
- Example: "an exceptional memory"
- Example: "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"
- Example: "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
[syn: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surpassed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Surpassing.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to
   pass. See Sur-, and Pass.]
   To go beyond in anything good or bad; to perform (an
   activity) better than; to exceed; to excel.
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         This would surpass
         Common revenge and interrupt his joy.    --Milton.
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   Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
   Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory
   crowned." --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
   Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

surpassing
    adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
           excellence [syn: transcendent, surpassing]
    2: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
       exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
       efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
       Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
       exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]