{
    "term": "surpass",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "surpass",
            "heSheIt": "surpasses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "surpassed",
        "pastParticiple": "surpassed",
        "ingForm": "surpassing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do or be better than somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "surpass something/somebodysurpass yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He hopes one day to surpass the world record.",
                    "contextForm": "surpass something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Its success has **surpassed all expectations**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her cooking was always good, but this time she had **surpassed herself** *(= done better than her own high standards)*.",
                    "contextForm": "surpass yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The second half of the match comfortably surpassed the first in entertainment value."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a useful reference dictionary, this one surpasses all others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His inventive style of playing has never been surpassed."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["far", "easily", "eventually"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈpɑːs/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpass__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈpɑːsɪz/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpasses__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈpɑːst/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpassed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈpɑːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpassing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sərˈpæs/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpass__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sərˈpæsɪz/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpasses__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sərˈpæst/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpassed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sərˈpæsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/surpass/surpassing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from French surpasser, from sur- ‘above’ + passer ‘to pass’."
}