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US
/ɪkˈsid/
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[ UK /ɛksˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /ɛksˈiːd/ ]
VERB
-
be or do something to a greater degree
This car outperforms all others in its class
She outdoes all other athletes
her performance surpasses that of any other student I know
This exceeds all my expectations -
be greater in scope or size than some standard
Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds -
be superior or better than some standard
She exceeded our expectations
She topped her performance of last year
How To Use exceed In A Sentence
- The beak is smoth, black, convex and cultrated; one and 1/8 inches from the point to the opening of the chaps and 3/4 only uncovered with feathers; the upper chap exceeds the other a little in length. a few small black hairs garnish the sides of the base of the upper chap. the eye is of a uniform deep sea green or black, moderately large. it's legs feet and tallons are white; the legs are an inch and a 1/4 in length and smoth; four toes on each foot, of which that in front is the same length with the leg including the length of the tallon, which is 4 lines; the three remaining toes are The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
- Second, that the entire Reichstag assented to the declarations made by the speakers on Tuesday that the Emperor had exceeded his constitutional prerogatives in private discussion with foreigners concerning Germany's attitude on controverted questions. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?
- He was an exceedingly capable and highly regarded individual. Times, Sunday Times
- And this is the cause that disputes with such persons are generally fruitless, especially as immixed with that intemporancy of reviling other men wherein they exceed; for if that be a way either of learning or teaching of the truth, it is what the Scripture hath not instructed us in. Pneumatologia
- Shakedown analysis is a method which can be used to research the elastoplastic behavior of a structure under variable repeated loads that exceed the structure′s elastic limit load.
- The results showed that cumulative OP exposure from about two-dozen foods often exceeded a child's acceptable Reference Dose (RfD).
- This process, called supergene enrichment, can concentrate silver into exceedingly rich deposits at depth.
- The maximum duration of residence, approved on each occasion, shall not exceed 3 years.
- The Second Battle of Niagara Our dreams exceeding by thy bounteous spray.
- Anybody who exceeds speed limits now will always exceed them, regardless of a post with a number on it.