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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSurmount
To overcome a difficulty or obstacle.
Surname
A name shared by members of a family, typically passed down from one generation to the next.
Surpass
To exceed; to be greater than or better than.
Surpassable
Capable of being surpassed or exceeded.
Surplus
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
Surplus goods
Commodities or products remaining after all requirements have been met or the needs of a market have been satisfied.
Surprise
An unexpected event or occurrence that causes astonishment.
Surprise Guest
A visitor or attendee whose arrival was not anticipated or announced beforehand.
Surreal
Having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; bizarrely uncanny or fantastical.
Surrealism
A 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind.
Surrealist
An artist or writer who is a member of the surrealist movement, which emphasizes the irrational and the dream-like aspects of human experience.
Surrender
The action of ceasing to resist an enemy or opponent and submitting to their authority.