exceed
verbattested in dialogue
- //ɪkˈsiːd//
To be larger, greater than (something).
verb
- 1
To be larger, greater than (something).
The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
- 2
To be better than (something).
The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
Descriptions of nature that far exceed anything else we've heard.
- 3
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
To predominate.
- 5
obsoleteTo 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 […].
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.
Forms
- past tense
- exceeded
- past participle
- exceeded
- present participle
- exceeding
- third person singular
- exceeds
exceed · To be larger, greater than (something).
excellence · The quality of being excellent; brillianceExcellence · A title of honor or respect; more common in the form…excellency · Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.