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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•scend•ent (tran sen′dənt),USA pronunciation adj. - going beyond ordinary limits;
surpassing;
exceeding. - superior or supreme.
- [Theol.](of the Deity) transcending the universe, time, etc. Cf. immanent (def. 3).
- [Philos.]
- [Scholasticism.]above all possible modes of the infinite.
- [Kantianism.]transcending experience;
not realizable in human experience. Cf. transcendental (defs. 5a, c). - (in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension;
outside consciousness.
n. Math. - a transcendental function.
- Latin trānscendent- (stem of trānscendēns), present participle of trānscendere. See transcend, -ent
- 1575–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transcendent /trænˈsɛndənt/ adj - exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence
- (in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priori
- (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world
- free from the limitations inherent in matter
n - a transcendent thing
tranˈscendence, tranˈscendency n tranˈscendently adv tran•scend /trænˈsɛnd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to go beyond the ordinary limits of;
exceed:That strange tale about men from Mars transcends belief. - to do better than or exceed in excellence, extent, etc.;
excel:Her beauty transcended all others'.
tran•scend•ence, n. [uncountable] tran•scend•ent, adj. See -scend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•scend (tran send′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to rise above or go beyond;
overpass;
exceed:to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy. - to outdo or exceed in excellence, elevation, extent, degree, etc.;
surpass;
excel. - [Theol.](of the Deity) to be above and independent of (the universe, time, etc.).
v.i. - to be transcendent or superior;
excel:His competitiveness made him want to transcend.
- Latin trānscendere to surmount, equivalent to trāns- trans- + -scendere, combining form of scandere to climb
- Middle English 1300–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged outstrip.
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