Exceed

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To extend beyond or outside of: The river exceeded its banks.
  • v. To be greater than; surpass: "a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour of birth or death” ( Robert Louis Stevenson).
  • v. To go beyond the limits of: exceeded my allowance. See Synonyms at excel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To be larger, greater than (something).
  • v. To be better than (something).
  • v. To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
  • v. To predominate
  • v. To overdo
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense.
  • verb-intransitive. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
  • verb-intransitive. To be more or greater; to be paramount.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pass or go beyond; proceed beyond the given or supposed limit, measure, or quantity of: as, the task exceeds his strength; he has exceeded his authority.
  • To surpass; be superior to; excel.
  • Synonyms To transcend, outdo, outvie, outstrip.
  • To go too far; pass the proper bounds; go over any given limit, number, or measure: as, to exceed in eating or drinking.
  • To bear the greater proportion; be more or larger; predominate.
  • To excel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be or do something to a greater degree
  • v. be superior or better than some standard
  • v. be greater in scope or size than some standard
  • Antonym
    to    short    fail    inferior    fall   
    Verb Form
    exceeded    exceeding    exceeds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surpass    excel    stand out   
    Hyponym
    overgrow   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    surpass    outstrip    overtop    transcend    outvie    outdo    excel    overabound   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide    Bede    Ede    Gilead    Mead    Meade    Read    Reed    Reid    Sinead   
    Same Context
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