exceed

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈsiːd/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧ceed

Verb

Plain form exceed

Third-person singular exceeds

Past tense exceeded

Past participle exceeded

Present participle exceeding

1. (transitive) If $x$ exceeds $y$, $x$ is or becomes larger or better than $y$.

   The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.

   The quality of her essay exceeded my expectation.

2. If you exceed something, you go beyond (farther than) the limits, beyond the regular level or beyond what is allowed.

   Your user name may not exceed eight characters.

   The length of the soldier's hair exceeds the allowed length.

Related words

• excessive
• exceedingly

Antonyms

• fail