exceed
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[edit] English
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- excede (dated)
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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.
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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.
- In Super Mario RPG, the name that you are typing in cannot exceed eight characters.
- (intransitive) To predominate
- (intransitive, obsolete) To overdo
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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
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to go beyond the limits of something
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[edit] External links
- exceed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “exceed” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
- exceed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
