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What does transcend mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
  2. (transitive) to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
  3. (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
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The beauty in relationships that transcend social and lingual boundaries is wonderfully depicted as Isa dances with locals in an Indian desert.
For Hopkins and his colleagues, neither anonymity nor any appeal to an authority that would transcend personal testimony precludes univocality.
In an effort to transcend the dodgy sound quality and high prices of bootlegs, the band has recorded every concert over the past three years.
Why would Thomas transcend to a godlike state if he detests almighty power?
But you will transcend these privations because New York on foot lifts you out of yourself, simply by being itself.
You cannot typecast her and that's what makes her music transcend all geographical and age barriers.

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