felülmúl

== Hungarian == === Alternative forms === fölülmúl === Etymology === From felül- +‎ múl(ik), múl being an archaic form of múlik, only used today with the prefixes alul- and felül-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛlylmuːl] Hyphenation: fe‧lül‧múl Rhymes: -uːl === Verb === felülmúl (transitive) to surpass, outdo, outshine, excel, overshadow (to go beyond in performance) Synonyms: túlszárnyal, megelőz, túltesz, (colloquial) lefőz, (colloquial) lepipál A tanítvány felülmúlja a mesterét. ― The student surpasses his/her teacher. felülmúlja önmagát ― to surpass oneself (transitive) to surpass, exceed (in something: -ban/-ben) (to go beyond in quality or degree) Synonym: meghalad Ez az új szerkezet mindenben felülmúlja a régit. ― This new machine surpasses the old one in everything. (transitive) to surpass, to be beyond (to be beyond the capacity, power, ability of something or someone) Ez a feladat felülmúlja a képességeit. ― This task is beyond his/her abilities. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz–(le)áldozik, bán–bánik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik, (meg)ér–(meg)érik, esz (rare)–eszik, hajol–hajlik, hasonul–(meg)hasonlik, (felül)múl–(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúl–nyúlik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik~(el)vész, and tör–törik (along with their verbal prefixes), hall–hallik (archaic), érez–érzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibáz–hibádzik, (le)torkol–torkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === felülmúl in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.