exceed
- (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
- (transitive) To be better than (something).
- (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
- (intransitive) To predominate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪkˈsiːd/
Etymology
In summary
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.
Related words
more than
be better than
better than
jump over
be ahead of
dépasser
superare
sobrepasar
übersteigen
overtreffen
exceder
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