exceed
Syllables: ex·ceed/ɪkˈsiːd/
exceed verb: to be larger, greater than (something).
Verb
exceed (third-person singular simple present exceeds, present participle exceeding, simple past and past participle exceeded)
- To be larger, greater than (something).
- The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
- Synonyms:
- outbalance, outweigh, top
- To be better than (something).
- The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
- Descriptions of nature that far exceed anything else we've heard.
- Synonyms:
- excel
- To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
- Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
- Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Synonyms:
- outstep
- To predominate.
- 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
exceed meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
exceed in Tamil
- உயர், எல்லை கட, பெருக்கு, மீறு, விஞ்சு, மிஞ்சு
exceed in Marathi
- to go beyond the limits of something
- पलीकडे जाणे palīkḍe jāṇe
exceed in Urdu
- بڑھ جانا, فائق ہونا, جواز کرنا
exceed in Bengali
- অতিক্রম করা, সীমা ছাড়াইয়া যাওয়া, মাত্রা ছাড়াইয়া যাওয়া, ছাপাইয়া যাওয়া, শ্রেষ্ঠ হওয়া, অধিক হওয়া
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- exceed in Telugu
- మీఱు mīṟu
- exceed in Malayalam
- കവിയുക kaviyuka
- exceed in Kannada
- ಮೀರು, ಅತಿಕ್ರಮಿಸು, ಅಧಿಕವಾಗಿರು, ಮಿತಿಯನ್ನು ದಾಟು
- exceed in Odia
- ଧିକ୍କାରିବା dhikkāribā, ଲଙ୍ଘିବା laṅghibā
- exceed in Nepali
- नाँघ्नु nā̃ghnu
- exceed in Arabic
- كَبُرَ kabura, تَخَطَّى taḵaṭṭā, تَجَاوَز tajāwaz, فَاقَ fāqa
- exceed in Indonesian
- melampaui
- exceed in Myanmar
- ပို pui
Examples of exceed in a sentence
- I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.
- John is a careful driver. He never exceeds the speed limit.
- When demand for electricity exceeds the available supply, a brownout occurs.
Synonyms of exceed
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Antonyms
- to fail
- to be inferior
- to fall short
- to fall below
- to subceed
- come short
Forms of exceed
| third-person singular present | exceeds |
|---|---|
| present participle | exceeding |
| past participle | exceeded |
| past | exceeded |
| alternative form (obsolete) | excede |
Origin of exceed
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.
Words formed from exceed
Words that rhyme with exceed
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- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- precede
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
- counterplead
Questions about exceed
- What does exceed mean?
- Exceed means to be larger, greater than (something).
- What is exceed in Tamil?
- Exceed in Tamil is உயர், எல்லை கட, பெருக்கு. See Exceed meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exceed?
- Exceed is a verb.
- How do you pronounce exceed?
- Exceed is pronounced /ɪkˈsiːd/.
- What is the past tense of exceed?
- The past tense of exceed is exceeded.
Words near exceed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exceed (page history and authors); exceed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exceed (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exceed (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మీఱు (Telugu) (page history and authors); കവിയുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); exceed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଧିକ୍କାରିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); नाँघ्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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