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superō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • outdo verb To do better than someone else; to surpass.
  • overcome verb To successfully deal with or defeat a difficulty or obstacle.
  • surmount verb To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
  • surpass verb To do better than, or go beyond, someone or something.
  • transcend verb To go beyond the usual limits of something.

Senses

superō is used for these senses in English:

  • outdo (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
  • overcome To come or pass over; to spread over.
  • surmount (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
  • surpass (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
  • transcend (transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.

overcome — full definition

  1. verb To successfully deal with or defeat a difficulty or obstacle.
  2. adj Emotionally overwhelmed, especially by strong feeling.

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