surpass
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
will have surpassed
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future perfectof surpass.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Superintelligence is the point at which AI will have surpassed even the smartest humans across several domains.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
No doubt at the library’s 150th anniversary, Goodnight Moon will have surpassed some of the more dated titles on the list, like How to Win Friends and Influence People.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2020
Any sugar that has colored this deeply and is unadulterated by cream or butter will have surpassed the hard-crack stage and wind up crunchy and brittle-like.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2018
“Budgetwise,” Mr. Allen said, “it will have surpassed everything that’s on the wall, maybe all of them combined.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2011
And if, on such evidence, you succeed in holding me up to infamy, you will have surpassed all the heroines of the Greek drama.”
From Romola by George Eliot
