Thesaurus: exceed

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
3. v. i. To be more or greater; to be paramount.
4. v. be greater in scope or size than some standard
5. v. be superior or better than some standard
6. v. be or do something to a greater degree
7. 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. Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak. Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope. Syn. -- To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop. 1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. "In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed." Jer. Taylor. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv. 3. 2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. Shak.
8. To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit ormeasure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a badsense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power,skill, etc. ; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rankexceeds yours.Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak.Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.
9. v:100 v. be greater in scope or size than some standard v. be superior or better than some standard