Exceed

/ɪkˈsiːd/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To be larger, greater than (something)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
2. (transitive) To be better than (something).
3. (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
4. (intransitive) To predominate.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.

Example Sentences

The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.

The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.

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.

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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Word Forms

• exceeds
• exceeding
• exceeded
• excede

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