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überrunden — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • exceed verb To be greater than, or go beyond, a certain amount or limit.
  • lap noun The flat area formed by the thighs of a seated person.
  • outstrip verb To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.

Senses

überrunden is used for these senses in English:

  • exceed (transitive) To be better than (something).
  • exceed (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
  • lap (transitive, sports, motor racing) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
  • outstrip To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.

exceed — full definition

  1. verb To be greater than, or go beyond, a certain amount or limit.
  2. verb To surpass or do better than something else.

lap — full definition

  1. noun The flat area formed by the thighs of a seated person.
  2. noun One complete circuit of a race track or a length of a swimming pool.
  3. verb To overtake a competitor by completing an extra full circuit ahead of them.
  4. verb Of an animal, to drink liquid using quick movements of the tongue.
  5. verb Of waves or water, to strike a surface gently and repeatedly.

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