Dictionary

exceed en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
   • The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
2. (transitive) To be better than (something).
   • Descriptions of nature that far exceed anything else we've heard.
   • The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
3. (transitive) 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]:
   • 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 14, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60:
4. (intransitive) To predominate.
5. (intransitive, 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:

Forms

Antonyms

to be inferior · to fail · to subceed · to fall short · come short · to fall below

Deriveds

exceedingly · exceeding · exceedance · exceeder · exceedable · unexceeded

Hypernyms

be unequal

Relateds

excessively · excess · excessive

Synonyms

overtake · outmatch · dwarf · outweigh (to be larger than something) · overmatch · top (to be larger than something) · top · cross the line (to be excessive) · better · transcend · prevail · outclass · outperform · overshadow · outdo · outrun · run away with · surpass · excel (to be better than something) · outrival · trump · outshine · outstrip · overstep · overbear · outvie · pass · put to shame · exceed · bear away the bell · outbalance (to be larger than something) · outstep (to go beyond some limit) · hold the cards · eclipse · upstage · best · outshadow

Translations (110)

nl overstijgen (to go beyond the limits of something) · nl overstijgen (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · hu meghalad (to go beyond the limits of something) · nl overschrijden (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · fr excéder (to go beyond the limits of something) · de überschreiten (to go beyond the limits of something) · io ecesar (to go beyond the limits of something) · cs překročit (to go beyond the limits of something) · es exceder (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · da overskride (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · mi hipa (to go beyond the limits of something) · ro depăși (to go beyond the limits of something) · bg надвиша́вам (to go beyond the limits of something) · uk переви́щувати (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · hu meghalad (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ar تَجَاوَز (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ro întrece (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ro întrece (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · fr dépasser (to go beyond the limits of something) · txb ṣärk- (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · da overgå (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · no overgå (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · bg превъзхо́ждам (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ar تَخَطَّى (to go beyond the limits of something) · sh premašiti (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · uk переви́щити (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · de überschreiten (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · no overstige (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ln luta (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · fi ylittää (to go beyond the limits of something) · bg надхвъ́рлям (to go beyond the limits of something) · sh premašiti (to go beyond the limits of something) · es exceder (to go beyond the limits of something) · de überbieten (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ang ofersteppan (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ar كَبُرَ (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · id melampaui (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · nl overschrijden (to go beyond the limits of something) · de übersteigen (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · de übertrumpfen (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · pt superar (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · it superare (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · es exceder (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · pl wykraczać (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ota آشمق (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ca excedir (to go beyond the limits of something) · ka გადაამეტებს (to go beyond the limits of something) · mbb lavew (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ar فَاقَ (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ka აღემატება (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · sh prekoračiti (to go beyond the limits of something) · ru превосходи́ть (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ka გადააჭარბებს (to go beyond the limits of something) · ru превыша́ть (to go beyond the limits of something) · sh premašiti (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · he חָרַג (to go beyond the limits of something) · fr excéder (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ro depăși (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ro covârși (to go beyond the limits of something) · hu túllép (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · grc ὑπερβάλλω (to go beyond the limits of something) · cs přesáhnout (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · no overskride (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ang ofersteppan (to go beyond the limits of something) · ar فَاقَ (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · de übertreffen (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ar فَاقَ (to go beyond the limits of something) · grc ὑπερβάλλω (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · de überrunden (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ota آشمق (to go beyond the limits of something) · cs převýšit (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · my ပို (to go beyond the limits of something) · nl overtreffen (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ain イカシマ (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ka გადააცილებს (to go beyond the limits of something) · de hinausgehen über (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · pl przewyższać (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · mr पलीकडे जाणे (to go beyond the limits of something) · hu felülmúl (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ru превосходи́ть (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ro exceda (to go beyond the limits of something) · fi ylittää (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · de hinausgehen über (to go beyond the limits of something) · ar تَخَطَّى (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · id melampaui (to go beyond the limits of something) · io ecesar (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · nl te buiten gaan (to go beyond the limits of something) · mi pahika (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · mi hipa (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ka სჯობნის (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ar تَجَاوَزَ (to go beyond the limits of something) · got 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · pt exceder (to go beyond the limits of something) · ka გადაამეტებს (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ja 越える (to go beyond the limits of something) · nl overstijgen (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · pt exceder (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ro depăși (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · nl overtreffen (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · fi ylittää (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · srn moro (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ota آشمق (to be better than something else or than expected or desirable) · ka აჭარბებს (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ja 超える (to go beyond the limits of something) · hu túllép (to go beyond the limits of something) · pl przekraczać (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · my ပို (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ang ofersteppan (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ca excedir (to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable) · ar عَلَا (to go beyond the limits of something)

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