MEANING
Go beyond ordinary limits, categories, or expectations.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- transcend boundaries
- transcend differences
On the page
The collaboration transcended disciplinary boundaries.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- transcend
- Past tense
- transcended
- Past participle
- transcended
- Present participle
- transcending
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- transcend
- Present continuous
- am/is/are transcending
- Present perfect
- have/has transcended
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been transcending
- Past
- transcended
- Past continuous
- was/were transcending
- Past perfect
- had transcended
- Past perfect continuous
- had been transcending
- Future
- will transcend
- Future continuous
- will be transcending
- Future perfect
- will have transcended
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been transcending
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: transcend; transcends; transcended; transcended; transcending Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: transcends.
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