Overgoes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Surpasses or exceeds someone or something in degree, extent or achievement ; endures or goes through a difficult experience or hardship
2. Outdoes or outstrips another in quality or amount ; suffers through or undergoes a painful or trying ordeal
3. Goes beyond a rival or standard in some respect ; bears up under or passes through a harsh trial or period of trouble

Etymology: "Overgoes" is the third-person singular present of "overgo," a verb meaning to surpass or outdo someone in achievement. The verb descends from Old English "ofergān," built from "over-" and "gān" ("to go"), and it once covered a wide range of physical motions: to pass over or across, to traverse, to overrun, or even to attack and seize. Those literal senses of crossing and going beyond gradually gave way to the abstract idea of going past someone's accomplishments. The word has a sibling in several other languages, including Dutch "overgaan," German "übergehen," and Swedish "övergå," which shows that the compound was already common in the early Germanic languages. The English form passed into Middle English as "overgon" before reaching its modern shape.

Synonyms: exceeds, surpasses, outdoes

Antonyms: falls short of, lags behind