exceed
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- excede (dated)
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excedere (“to go out, go forth, go beyond a certain limit, overpass, exceed, transgress”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cedere (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc.
Verb [edit]
exceed (third-person singular simple present exceeds, present participle exceeding, simple past and past participle exceeded)
- (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
- The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
- (transitive) To be better than (something).
- The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
- (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
- 2012 January 1, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 60:
- 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.
- In Super Mario RPG, the name that you are typing in cannot exceed eight characters.
- 2012 January 1, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 60:
- (intransitive) To predominate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To overdo.
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Translations [edit]
to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable
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to be better than something else or than expected or desirable
to go beyond the limits of something
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External links [edit]
- exceed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “exceed” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- exceed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
