excede

Verb

exceed (third-person singular simple present exceeds, present participle exceeding, simple past and past participle exceeded)

1. (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
   • The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.

   Synonyms:

   outbalance, outweigh, top

2. (transitive) To be better than (something).
   • The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.

   Synonyms:

   excel

3. (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
   • Your password cannot exceed eight characters.

   Synonyms:

   outstep

4. (intransitive) To predominate.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
   • And to speak impartially, old Men, from whom we should expect the greatest example of Wisdom, do most exceed in this point of folly […].1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6

   Synonyms:

   cross the line