Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transcend

/tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: tran-scend
IPA: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pass beyond the limits of something.

Transitive verb

verb

To surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.

Transitive verb

verb

To climb; to mount.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"We cannot transcend what we refuse to face."
"such personal popes, emperors, or elective kings, as shall transcend their limits"
"Shepard: What do you want from us? Slaves? Resources? My kind transcends your very understanding. We are each a nation. Independent, free of all weakness. You cannot grasp the nature of our existence."
"How much her worth transcended all her kind."
"lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds"
"your Muse soars up to the upper, and transcending that too, takes her fight among the Celestial bodies"

Etymology

From Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcender, from Latin transcendō (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: transcenden, transcender, transcendō

Usage

Inflected Forms

transcends (present, singular) transcending (participle, present) transcended (participle, past) transcended (past)

Derived Forms

transcendable transcendence transcendency transcendent transcendental transcendentalism transcendentalist transcendentally transcending transcendingly transcendingness transcension

Synonyms

exceed overgo surpass better dwarf eclipse ascend excel forpass go beyond breach cap

Antonyms

fall short of stop short

Rhymes With

end high-end friend send dead-end spend recommend tend attend trend defend extend

Questions

How do you pronounce transcend?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/.
What does transcend mean?: To pass beyond the limits of something.
Where does transcend come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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