He had surpassed all our expectations.surpasssur‧pass /səˈpɑːs $ sərˈpæs/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 
He had surpassed all our expectations. The number of multiple births has surpassed 100,000 for the first time.surpass yourself (=do something better than you have ever done before) With this painting he has surpassed himself.
WORD ORIGINsurpass
Origin:
1500-1600 Old French surpasser, from sur- ( ➔ SURCHARGE) + passer ‘to pass’VERB TABLE
surpass
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | surpass |
| he, she, it | surpasses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | surpassed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have surpassed |
| he, she, it | has surpassed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had surpassed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will surpass |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have surpassed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am surpassing |
| he, she, it | is surpassing | |
| you, we, they | are surpassing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was surpassing |
| you, we, they | were surpassing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been surpassing |
| he, she, it | has been surpassing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been surpassing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be surpassing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been surpassing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- In 15 years, China will likely surpass the U.S. as the world's largest market.
- Among the Copernicans there was exhilaration at the thought that man, in his astronomical understanding, had now surpassed the ancients.
- An analysis of landfills shows that thrown away food far surpasses plastics in volume.
- By 1988, K-Mart and Wal-Mart were both well on their way to surpassing Sears in the world-wide merchandising business.
- Even Luzhkov has surpassed Yeltsin in national support, receiving 12 percent.
- In the early 1990s, Goodby helped Sega surpass Nintendo.
- This surpasses amounts raised by such better-known parts of the University of Maryland at Baltimore as the schools of pharmacy and dentistry.
- Yet the permanent achievements of her reign were not surpassed by any other ruler of the age.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He had surpassed all our expectations.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to be even better or greater than someone or something else: He had surpassed all our expectations. (=be or do better than you hoped or expected)· The holiday exceeded our expectations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The Patiño furniture easily surpassed Sotheby's expectations, however.
· Follow they did, and in many departments they matched and even surpassed the later Sierra releases.· These few lucky observers had witnessed the most spectacular meteor shower in recorded history, surpassing even the 1833 Leonids.· It was said that he surpassed even the realism of the camera.· It surpasses even the natural abysses of the ocean floor.
· Or would the wisdom-giving years pass on a new perception that far surpassed the achievements of scientific knowledge?· If I beat Chavez, my career will far surpass any expectations.· But the objective worth of my degree was far surpassed by its value as a stepping-stone to other places, other identities.· For example, many technology stocks in 1995 had stock price increases that far surpassed their profits.· When profits from such trade far surpassed his wages as ship's surgeon, his career interests shifted.· Middle-class living standards here far surpass life in Moscow, where many still live dormitory-style in small apartments.· An analysis of landfills shows that thrown away food far surpasses plastics in volume.· And though the researchers had suspected all along that these hot springs existed, the real thing had far surpassed their imaginings.
NOUN· It's success has surpassed all expectations.· If I beat Chavez, my career will far surpass any expectations.· The interest shown by the public surpassed all our expectations.· The Patiño furniture easily surpassed Sotheby's expectations, however.
· Both far surpassed the S & P 500, by 237 percentage points and 120 percentage points, respectively.
He had surpassed all our expectations. The number of multiple births has surpassed 100,000 for the first time.surpass yourself (=do something better than you have ever done before) With this painting he has surpassed himself.