Plural of excess

Forms of excess

Excesses in a sentence

• It was meant to be a warning against the excesses of heroin use, according to its author.2023 July 2, David Barnett, “‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now”, in The…. From the entry no-holds-barred
• Perhaps no classical Roman ruin evokes the excesses of the late Empire like the Colosseum.2009, Holly Hughes, Frommer's 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up, unnumbered page. From the entry colosseum
• Her spare prose and dialogue give a period flavour without the dread excesses of gadzookery.2002, David Langford, The Complete Critical Assembly, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry gadzookery
• Without excesses or defects, they combine the valuable qualities of youth and old age.1969, Lewis Samuel Feuer, The Conflict of Generations: The Character and Significance of Student Movements, New York, N.Y: Basic Books…. From the entry juvenocratic
• Witch-hunting became a mania, with all the abuses and excesses which invariably develop with fanaticism.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 88. From the entry fanaticism

Meaning of excess

1. noun 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. noun The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
3. noun An act of eating or drinking more than enough.

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Questions about the plural of excess

What is the plural of excess?

The plural of excess is excesses.

Is excess countable?

Excess is a countable and uncountable noun.