exceed
verb/ɪkˈsiːd/
Etymology From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excēdō (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cēdō (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc. Partly displaced native Old English ofersteppan, whence Modern English overstep.
1
To be larger, greater than (something).
- The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
2
To be better than (something).
- The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
- Descriptions of nature that far exceed anything else we've heard.
3
To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
- Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
- Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
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- 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.2012 January 23, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60:
4
To predominate.
5
Obsolete To go too far; to be excessive.
- 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
36 terms
outbalance, outweigh, top, excel, outperform, surpass, outstep, overstep, cross the line, bear away the bell, best, better, overtake, dwarf, eclipse, exceed, hold the cards, outclass, outdo, outmatch, overbear, outrival, outrun, outshadow, outshine, outstrip, outvie, overmatch, overshadow, pass, prevail, put to shame, run away with, transcend, trump, upstage- Antonyms
- to fail, to be inferior, to fall short, to fall below, to subceed, come short
- Derived terms
- exceedable, exceedance, exceeder, exceeding, exceedingly, unexceeded
- Related terms
- excess, excessive, excessively
- Hypernyms
- be unequal