exceed

exceed
    v 1: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their
         loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: {exceed},
         {transcend}, {surpass}]
    2: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our
       expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
       [syn: {exceed}, {transcend}, {overstep}, {pass}, {go past},
       {top}]
    3: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance
       surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all
       other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This
       car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: {surpass},
       {outstrip}, {outmatch}, {outgo}, {exceed}, {outdo},
       {surmount}, {outperform}]
    

Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
   beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der.
   See {Cede}.]
   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.
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         Name the time, but let it not
         Exceed three days.                       --Shak.
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         Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.

   Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
        overtop.
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Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
   1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. "In
      our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed." --Jer.
      Taylor.
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            Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
                                                  --Deut. xxv.
                                                  3.
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   2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.
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Exceed

   <interface> A tool to display remote {X Window System}
   applications on {Microsoft Windows}.  Exceed is not an X
   server.

   (2001-04-29)
    

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "exceed":
      beat, best, better, bulk, bulk large, cap, dare, eclipse,
      exaggerate, excel, go beyond, go one better, improve on, loom,
      loom large, outdistance, outdo, outpace, outrank, outreach, outrun,
      outshine, outsoar, outstep, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance,
      overbear, overcome, overdo, overextend, overgo, overjump, overleap,
      overpass, overreach, overrun, overshadow, overshoot,
      overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride,
      overtake, overtop, overwhelm, pass, perfect, predominate,
      preponderate, presume, prevail, rear, rise above, soar, stand out,
      superabound, surpass, top, tower, tower above, tower over,
      transcend, trump, venture