transcend
verb (used with object)
to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed.
is transcending
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present progressiveof transcend (3rd 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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In covering this song, Beyoncé is "transcending genres, she's transcending time."
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
"The country is quite divided at the moment and the England football team is transcending it all and giving a bit of unity, hope and pride in being English," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2018
Not who is transcending in the Art of Music exceptionalism.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017
In a time of seemingly intractable partisanship in Washington, criminal justice reform is an issue that is transcending party lines.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2015
It confounded, I say, the multeity below intellect, that is, unintelligible from defect of the subject, with the absolute identity above all intellect, that is, transcending comprehension by the plenitude of its excellence.
From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
