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exceed
[ ik-seed ]
verb (used with object)
- to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.:
to exceed the speed limit.
- to go beyond the bounds or limits of:
to exceed one's understanding.
- to surpass; be superior to; excel:
Her performance exceeded all the others.
verb (used without object)
- to be greater, as in quantity or degree.
- to surpass others; excel or be superior.
exceed
/ ɪkˈsiːd /
verb
- to be superior to (a person or thing), esp in size or quality; excel
- tr to go beyond the limit or bounds of
to exceed one's income
exceed a speed limit
- to be greater in degree or quantity than (a person or thing)
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Derived Forms
- exˈceeder, noun
- exˈceedable, adjective
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Other Words From
- ex·ceeda·ble adjective
- ex·ceeder noun
- super·ex·ceed verb (used without object)
- unex·ceeda·ble adjective
- unex·ceeded adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exceed1
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Example Sentences
Gender roles exceed the biological circumstances of childbirth and they are, perhaps, much less likely to change.
A season of Game of Thrones tells its story over ten hours, and only a video game adaptation could match or exceed that.
Six months out of the year, the temperatures exceed 100 degrees.
Some rights groups suspect the numbers exceed 200,000 prisoners, including women and children.
Indeed, it is troubling to see highly shared medical campaigns whose shares far exceed donations.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
But, he finally secured the address of a company who would manufacture a book to exceed 300 pages for fifty cents per book.
In the great majority of cases megaloblasts exceed normoblasts in number.
The expense of altering the engine, and forking the water to bottom, and proving the mine, will not exceed 1000l.
It should not exceed the ounce of tincture: about two drachms may be added after using it for paper.
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