exceed

== English == === Alternative forms === excede (dated) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈsiːd/ Hyphenation: ex‧ceed Rhymes: -iːd === Verb === exceed (third-person singular simple present exceeds, present participle exceeding, simple past and past participle exceeded) (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something). (transitive) To be better than (something). (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than. (intransitive) To predominate. (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive. ==== Synonyms ==== (to be larger than something): outbalance, outweigh, top (to be better than something): excel, top, outperform, surpass; see also Thesaurus:exceed (to go beyond some limit): outstep, overstep, surpass; see also Thesaurus:transcend (to predominate): (to be excessive): cross the line ==== Antonyms ==== According to the Oxford Dictionary website: "There is no established opposite to the word exceed, and it is quite often suggested that one is needed. We are gathering evidence of the word deceed 'be less than', but it has not yet reached our dictionaries." to fail to be inferior to fall short (of) to fall below to subceed ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== excess excessive excessively ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “exceed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “exceed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “exceed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === excede, execed