Exceed Meaning
/ɪkˈsiːd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo be larger, greater than (something).
verbTo be better than (something).
Sentence Examples
The length of the article is not to exceed 1000 words.
Benefits of course should exceed the costs.
The price will not exceed £100.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Please do not ____ the speed limit on this road.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Dating back to the gold rush, the town's population was expected to ____ ten thousand.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days."
— c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
"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."
— 2012 January 26, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60:
"And to speak impartially, old Men, from whom we should expect the greatest example of Wisdom, do most exceed in this point of folly […]."
— 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please do not ____ the speed limit on this road.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Dating back to the gold rush, the town's population was expected to ____ ten thousand.