surpass

1. (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.Examples: "The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination."; "The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side."; "“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.[…]”"Synonyms: exceed, forpass, transcend, excel, outdo, outstrip, exceed, exceedtransitive