exceed

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< Middle English exceden < Old French exceder < Latin excedere (to go out, go forth, go beyond a certain limit, overpass, exceed, transgress) < ex (out, forth) + cedere (to go); see cede and cf. accede etc.

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Infinitive
to exceed

Third person singular
exceeds

Simple past
exceeded

Past participle
exceeded

Present participle
exceeding

to exceed (third-person singular simple present exceeds, present participle exceeding, simple past and past participle exceeded)

  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, outstrip or transcend.
    In Super Mario RPG, the name that you are typing in cannot exceed eight characters.
  4. (intransitive) To predominate
  5. (intransitive) (obsolete) To overdo

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