surpass
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
am surpassing
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present progressiveof surpass (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am not so much experiencing the cold as I am surpassing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
I would here enter farther into this subject, but I am reminded that I am surpassing the limits set me for this course of lectures.
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch
