Found 2 items, similar to Exceed.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: exceed
exceed
v 1: go beyond;
“Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds”
[syn:
transcend,
surpass]
2: go beyond;
“She exceeded our expectations”;
“She topped her
performance of last year” [syn:
transcend,
overstep,
pass,
go past,
top]
3: be or do something to a greater degree;
“her performance
surpasses that of any other student I know”;
“She outdoes
all other athletes”;
“This exceeds all my expectations”;
“This car outperforms all others in its class” [syn:
surpass,
outstrip,
outmatch,
outgo,
outdo,
surmount,
outperform]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exceed
Exceed
\Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Exceeded; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Exceeding.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der.
See
Cede.]
To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit
or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good
and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk,
stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds
another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
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Name the time, but let it not
Exceed three days. --Shak.
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Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.
Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
overtop.
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Exceed
\Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
“In
our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed.”
--Jer. Taylor.
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
--Deut. xxv.
3.
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2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.
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