exceed

Meaning

1. To be larger, greater than (something).
2. To be better than (something).
3. To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
4. To predominate.
5. (obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.

Hyphenated as

ex‧ceed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/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.