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trans·gress
 transgress
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- pronunciation:
- traenz
gres
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
transgresses, transgressing, transgressed |
| definition: |
to violate a law, religious commandment, or the like; commit a crime or sin.
- similar words:
- err, offend, sin, trespass
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| related words: |
act up, fall, go wrong, misbehave |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to violate or exceed the limits imposed by (a law, religious commandment, or the like).
- similar words:
- breach, break, contravene, offend
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| definition 2: |
to go over or beyond (a limit or boundary).
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| related words: |
insult, violate |
adverb + (v.)transgress
both, either, ever, frequently, however, long, morally, moreover, never, rapidly, socially, yet
(v.)transgress
+ noun
act,
argument,
artist,
assumption,
barrier,
binary,
body,
border,
borderline,
bound,
boundary,
category,
chapter,
coast,
code,
commandment,
community,
convention,
custom,
desire,
effect,
entitlement,
fiction,
gender,
girl,
host,
human,
identity,
imagination,
imperative,
individual,
institution,
language,
law,
limit,
limitation,
line,
monastery,
nation-state,
nature,
norm,
notion,
order,
orthodoxy,
pain,
person,
poet,
prohibition,
right,
ritual,
role,
rule,
sense,
soldier,
term,
value,
woman
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| derivations: |
transgressive (adj.), transgressively (adv.), transgressor (n.) |
The word transgress
contains the following parts:
tra-, trans-
Latin
prefix
that means across, over, to the other side
  Example words:
intransigent, intransitive, neurotransmitter, traduce, trajectory, transact, transatlantic, transceiver, transcend, transcendent, transcribe, transcript, transect, transept, transfer, transfigure, transfix, transform, transfuse, transgress, transient, transit, transition, transitive, translate, transliterate, translucent, transmissible, transmit, transmute, transonic, transparent, transpire, transplant, transport, transpose, transsexual, transuranic, transverse, transvestite, traverse
gress
Latin
root
that means to walk, go
Example words:
aggress, aggression, aggressive, congress, digress, digression, egress, ingress, progress, progression, regress, retrogress, transgress, transgression
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