exceed

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈsiːd/

Definition of exceed

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To be larger, greater than (something).
    “The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To be larger, greater than (something).
    “The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.”
  2. (transitive)To be better than (something).
    “The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.”
  3. (transitive)To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
    “Your password cannot exceed eight characters.”
    “Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.”
    “Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.”
  4. (intransitive)To predominate.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To go too far; to be excessive.
    “And to speak impartially, old Men, from whom we should expect the greatest example of Wisdom, do most exceed in this point of folly […].”

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Etymology

From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excēdō (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cēdō (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc. Partly displaced native Old English ofersteppan, whence Modern English overstep.

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