excess

CEFRC1

/ˈɛksɛs/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An amount that is more than needed or allowed.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An act of eating or drinking more than enough.

Examples

  • Exercise, if carried to excess, will do you more harm than good.

  • Don't carry anything to excess.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɪkˈsɛs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

  2. The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

  3. Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

More examples

In context

  • Excess food is stored as fat.

  • That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy.

  • The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The company had to discard any blank inventory to make room for new products.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.