verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
exceed/surpass sb's expectations (= be or do better than you hoped or expected )
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The holiday exceeded our expectations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
easily
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The Patiño furniture easily surpassed Sotheby's expectations, however.
even
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Follow they did, and in many departments they matched and even surpassed the later Sierra releases.
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These few lucky observers had witnessed the most spectacular meteor shower in recorded history, surpassing even the 1833 Leonids.
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It was said that he surpassed even the realism of the camera.
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It surpasses even the natural abysses of the ocean floor.
far
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Or would the wisdom-giving years pass on a new perception that far surpassed the achievements of scientific knowledge?
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If I beat Chavez, my career will far surpass any expectations.
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But the objective worth of my degree was far surpassed by its value as a stepping-stone to other places, other identities.
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For example, many technology stocks in 1995 had stock price increases that far surpassed their profits.
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When profits from such trade far surpassed his wages as ship's surgeon, his career interests shifted.
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Middle-class living standards here far surpass life in Moscow, where many still live dormitory-style in small apartments.
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An analysis of landfills shows that thrown away food far surpasses plastics in volume.
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And though the researchers had suspected all along that these hot springs existed, the real thing had far surpassed their imaginings.
■ NOUN
expectations
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It's success has surpassed all expectations .
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If I beat Chavez, my career will far surpass any expectations .
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The interest shown by the public surpassed all our expectations .
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The Patiño furniture easily surpassed Sotheby's expectations , however.
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Both far surpassed the S &038; P 500, by 237 percentage points and 120 percentage points, respectively.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In 15 years, China will likely surpass the U.S. as the world's largest market.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Among the Copernicans there was exhilaration at the thought that man, in his astronomical understanding, had now surpassed the ancients.
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An analysis of landfills shows that thrown away food far surpasses plastics in volume.
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By 1988, K-Mart and Wal-Mart were both well on their way to surpassing Sears in the world-wide merchandising business.
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Even Luzhkov has surpassed Yeltsin in national support, receiving 12 percent.
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In the early 1990s, Goodby helped Sega surpass Nintendo.
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This surpasses amounts raised by such better-known parts of the University of Maryland at Baltimore as the schools of pharmacy and dentistry.
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Yet the permanent achievements of her reign were not surpassed by any other ruler of the age.