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Preeminent vs Transcend - What's the difference?

preeminent | transcend |

As an adjective preeminent

is pre-eminent.

As a verb transcend is

to pass beyond the limits of something.

preeminent

English

Alternative forms

* * pre-eminent *

Adjective

(-)
  • Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.

    • Derived terms

    * preeminence * preeminently

    transcend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pass beyond the limits of something.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • such popes as shall transcend their limits
  • to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
  • * Dryden
    • How much her worth transcended all her kind.
  • (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
    • lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
    (Howell)

    Derived terms

    * transcendence * transcendency * transcendent * transcendental * transcendentalism * transcendentalist * transcendentally * transcending

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