Exceed
Alternative forms
- excede dated
Origin
From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excedere ("to go out, go forth, go beyond a certain limit, overpass, exceed, transgress"), from ex- ("out, forth") with cedere ("to go"); see cede and compare accede etc.
Full definition of exceed
Verb
- (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
- (transitive) To be better than (something).The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
- (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
- ShakespeareName the time, but let it not
Exceed three days. - 2012-01, Stephen Ledoux, Behaviorism at 100, Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
- Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
- (intransitive) To predominate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To overdo.