excess

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
2. (countable, uncountable) The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
3. (countable, uncountable) An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
4. (countable, uncountable) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
5. (British, countable, uncountable) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.

Adj

More than is normal, necessary or specified.

Verb

To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.

Opposite of

deficiency, lack, shortage

Synonyms

surplus

abundance

extra

overabundance

superfluity

superfluous

surfeit

superabundance

increase

immoderation

remainder

plenty

too much

overage

exceeding

outrage

excessive

redundant

excessiveness

glut

spare

preponderance

profusion

plethora

redundancy

overindulgence

overplus

more

nimiety

growth

superabundant

spread

by mistake

stretching

supererogatory

addition

residue

excessively

improperly

brutality

remaining

excellence

postponement

exceed

overflow

over

mistakenly

exuberance

extremity

inordinateness

Translations

excès

exceso

eccesso

Übermaß

excesso

excés

Überschuss

eccedenza

excédent

dismisura

excédant

outrance

Ausschreitung

Überschuß

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛksɛs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: exces

In summary

From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.