превосходить — meaning in English

English meaning

• better adj Of higher quality, more suitable, or more desirable than something else being compared.
• exceed verb To be greater than, or go beyond, a certain amount or limit.
• excel verb To be very good at something, or to do noticeably better than others.
• outdo verb To do better than someone else; to surpass.
• outrun verb To run faster than someone or something, or to escape by outpacing it.
• overshadow verb To obscure something by casting a shadow.
• precede verb To come before something else in time, order, or position.
• surpass verb To do better than, or go beyond, someone or something.
• transcend verb To go beyond the usual limits of something.

Senses

превосходить is used for these senses in English:

• better (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
• exceed (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
• excel (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
• leave behind (transitive, idiomatic) To outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else).
• outdo (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
• overshadow (transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
• precede (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
• surpass (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

better — full definition

1. adj Of higher quality, more suitable, or more desirable than something else being compared.
2. verb To make something improve, or to improve on a previous result.
3. noun Someone or something regarded as superior to another.

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.

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