exceed
/ik'si:d/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To be greater than a particular number or amount: To go beyond a specified limit, quantity, or degree.
- To be better than something else: To surpass or outdo in quality, value, or performance.
- To go beyond the limits of something: To do more than is allowed, expected, or reasonable.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The final cost should not exceed $1,000. (The final cost should not be greater than $1,000.)
- His achievements exceed those of his predecessors. (His achievements are better than those of his predecessors.)
- Please do not exceed the speed limit. (Please do not go beyond the allowed speed.)
Advanced Usage
- "to exceed expectations": to be much better than what was anticipated.
- The new product has exceeded all market expectations. (The new product has been much more successful than anyone in the market predicted.)
- "to exceed one's authority": to act beyond the power one has been given.
- The manager was fired for exceeding his authority in signing the contract. (The manager was fired for signing the contract, which was an action beyond his official power.)
Variants and Related Words
- Exceeding (adj, archaic/formal): Very great; extreme.
- She was of exceeding beauty. (She was of very great beauty.)
- Exceedingly (adv): Extremely; to a very great degree.
- The task was exceedingly difficult. (The task was extremely difficult.)
Synonyms
- Surpass: To be better or greater than someone or something else.
- Outdo: To perform better than someone else in a competition or comparison.
- Outstrip: To become larger, more important, or more advanced than something else.
- Transcend: To go beyond the usual limits of something, often in a spiritual or abstract sense.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Exceed" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
- To go above and beyond: To do much more than is required or expected. (This idiom is a close conceptual synonym for "exceed expectations".)
- The team went above and beyond to finish the project on time. (The team did much more than was required to finish the project on time.)
Verb
- be or do something to a greater degree
- her performance surpasses that of any other student I know
- She outdoes all other athletes
- This exceeds all my expectations
- This car outperforms all others in its class
- be superior or better than some standard
- She exceeded our expectations
- She topped her performance of last year
- be greater in scope or size than some standard
- Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds