exceed
English
Alternative forms
- excede (dated)
Etymology
From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excedō (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cedō (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc.
Pronunciation
Verb
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.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.
- 2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist[1], 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.
- Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (intransitive) To predominate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
- And to speak impartially, old Men, from whom we should expect the greatest example of Wisdom, do most exceed in this point of folly […].
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
Synonyms
- (to be larger than something): outbalance, outweigh
- (to be better than something): excel, outperform, surpass; see also Thesaurus:exceed
- (to go beyond some limit): outstep, overstep, surpass; see also Thesaurus:transcend
- (to predominate):
- (to be excessive): cross the line
Antonyms
According to the Oxford Dictionary website: "There is no established opposite to the word exceed, and it is quite often suggested that one is needed. We are gathering evidence of the word deceed 'be less than', but it has not yet reached our dictionaries."
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Translations
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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Further reading
- “exceed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “exceed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “exceed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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