Dictionary entries for 'exceed'

Synonyms

ex·ceed (ĭk-sēd́)

[Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excēdere, ex-, ex-, + cēdere, to go.]

transitive verb: -ceed·ed, -ceed·ing, -ceeds.

To extend beyond or outside of: The river exceeded its banks.
To be greater than; surpass: “a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour of birth or death” (Robert Louis Stevenson)
To go beyond the limits of: exceeded my allowance. See synonyms at excel